Birds and the urban environment: The value of green walls

Urban Ecosystems

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 453-462

  Chiquet, Caroline ^a   Dover, John W ^a   Mitchell, Paul ^a  

^a STAFFORDSHIRE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Birds; Climbing plants; Green infrastructure; Green walls; Urban environment; Vertical distribution

Indexed keywords

AVES; PASSER DOMESTICUS; STURNUS VULGARIS;

EID: 84881376589     PISSN: 10838155     EISSN: 15731642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11252-012-0277-9     Document Type: Article

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