Woodland remnants as an urban wildlife refuge: A cross-taxonomic assessment

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 649-659

  Soga, Masashi ^a,b   Yamaura, Yuichi ^a   Koike, Shinsuke ^c   Gaston, Kevin J ^b  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Revegetation; Sustainable cities; Urban greening; Urban matrix; Urban parks; Urban wildlife

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893973210     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-014-0622-9     Document Type: Article

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