Reduced availability of habitat structures in urban landscapes: Implications for policy and practice

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 125, Issue , 2014, Pages 57-64

  Le Roux, Darren S ^a   Ikin, Karen ^a   Lindenmayer, David B ^a   Blanchard, Wade ^a   Manning, Adrian D ^a   Gibbons, Philip ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Human habitat conflict; Southeastern Australia; Urban conservation planning; Urban greenspace; Urbanisation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY;

HUMAN HABITATS; SOUTH-EASTERN AUSTRALIA; URBAN CONSERVATION; URBAN GREENSPACE; URBANISATION;

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; GREENSPACE; HABITAT STRUCTURE; POLICY ANALYSIS; STAKEHOLDER; URBANIZATION;

AUSTRALIA; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; ECOSYSTEMS; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL;

AUSTRALIA; AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY; CANBERRA;

EID: 84898890444     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2014.01.015     Document Type: Article

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