Urban land use types contribute to grassland conservation: The example of Berlin

Urban Forestry and Urban Greening

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 263-272

  Fischer, Leonie K ^a,b   von der Lippe, Moritz ^a,b   Kowarik, Ingo ^a,b  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b BERLIN BRANDENBURG INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH BBIB   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Biotope type mapping; Green infrastructure; Lawn vegetation; Patch connectivity; Urban meadow

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AIRPORT; BIODIVERSITY; BIOTYPE; GARDEN; GRASSLAND; GREENBELT; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; LAND USE PLANNING; LANDOWNER; PROTECTED AREA; URBANIZATION; VULNERABILITY;

BERLIN; GERMANY;

EID: 84881547096     PISSN: 16188667     EISSN: 16108167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ufug.2013.03.009     Document Type: Article

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