Global patterns of diversity in the urban forest: Is there evidence to support the 10/20/30 rule?

Urban Forestry and Urban Greening

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 411-417

  Kendal, Dave ^a   Dobbs, Cynnamon ^a   Lohr, Virginia I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Climate change; Pests and diseases; Resilience; Street trees; Trees

Indexed keywords

FOREST COVER; FOREST INVENTORY; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; URBAN FORESTRY;

EID: 84905734293     PISSN: 16188667     EISSN: 16108167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ufug.2014.04.004     Document Type: Article

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