Multivariate Approaches to the Study of Urban Biodiversity and Vegetation: An Example from a Southern Temperate Colonial City, Christchurch, New Zealand

Urban Biodiversity and Design

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 291-308

  Stewart, Glenn H ^a,b   Ignatieva, Maria ^b   Meurk, Colin D ^c  

^a New Zealand Research Centre for Urban Ecology   (New Zealand)

^b LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Canonical Correspondence Analysis (CCA) lawn species variation; Christchurch urban lawns field sampling stratified random sampling; Christchurch wall vegetation, bryophytes and lichens and abundance; Investigating species richness patterns, in Christchurch forest patches; NZRCUE New Zealand Research Centre for Urban Ecology; NZRCUE and urban vegetation sampling defining urban biotopes; Sustainable urban design urban plant communities, current composition; Thellungian paradigm; Two Way Indicator Species Analysis (TWINSPAN) lawn classification; Urban biodiversity and vegetation study Christchurch, New Zealand

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885514236     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444318654.ch15     Document Type: Chapter

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