Bring back the birds! Planning for trees and other plants to support southeast Asian wildlife in urban areas

Raffles Bulletin of Zoology

Volumn , Issue SUPPL. 29, 2013, Pages 243-258

  Hails, Christopher J ^a   Kavanagh, Mikaail ^b  

^a WWF INTERNATIONAL   (Switzerland)

^b Zero Gravity Sdn Bhd   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Birds; Landscaping; Plants; Southeast Asia; Towns; Trees; Urban conservation

Indexed keywords

AVES;

EID: 84889007210     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02172445     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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