Performing weeds: Gardening, plant agencies and urban plant conservation

Geoforum

Volumn 56, Issue , 2014, Pages 124-136

  Doody, Brendan ^a,c   Perkins, Harvey ^a,d   Sullivan, Jon ^a   Meurk, Colin ^b   Stewart, Glenn ^a  

^a LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Gardens; New Zealand; Performance; Plants; Urban ecology; Weeds

Indexed keywords

NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PLANT; SEEDLING; SPECIES CONSERVATION; URBAN FORESTRY; URBAN RENEWAL; WEED CONTROL; CONSERVATION; HOME GARDEN;

CANTERBURY [SOUTH ISLAND]; CHRISTCHURCH [CANTERBURY]; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND;

AVES;

EID: 84904874535     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2014.07.001     Document Type: Article

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