Species diversity and performance assessment of trees in domestic gardens

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 128, Issue , 2014, Pages 23-34

  Zhang, Hao ^a   Jim, C Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Domestic garden; Floristic diversity; Species composition; Structural damage; Tree overall condition; Tree performance assessment

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DAMAGE DETECTION; ECOSYSTEMS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

DOMESTIC GARDEN; FLORISTIC DIVERSITY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SPECIES COMPOSITION; STRUCTURAL DAMAGES; TREE OVERALL CONDITION;

FORESTRY;

CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; FLORISTICS; GREENSPACE; HOME GARDEN; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TREE; URBAN PLANNING;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

CHINA; HONG KONG;

EID: 84901587332     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2014.04.017     Document Type: Article

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