Are small greening areas enhancing bird diversity? Insights from community-driven greening projects in Boston

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 114, Issue , 2013, Pages 69-79

  Strohbach, Michael W ^a,b   Lerman, Susannah B ^a   Warren, Paige S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b Federal Research Institute of Rural Areas Forestry and Fisheries vTI   (Germany)

Author keywords

Citizen science; Community greening; Green space; Urban biodiversity

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIRDS; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY;

CITIZEN SCIENCE; COMMUNITY GREENING; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; GREEN SPACES; LANDSCAPE PATTERN; SPECIES RICHNESS; URBAN BIODIVERSITY;

URBAN GROWTH;

AVIFAUNA; COMMUNITY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; GREENSPACE; NATURE CONSERVATION; PATCH SIZE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TRADE-OFF; URBAN AREA;

BIODIVERSITY; BIRDS; FORESTRY;

BOSTON; MASSACHUSETTS; UNITED STATES;

AVES;

EID: 84876734775     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2013.02.007     Document Type: Article

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