Urban green space and urban biodiversity: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Journal of Sustainable Development

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-16

  Karuppannan, Sadasivam ^a   Baharuddin, Zainul Mukrim ^b   Sivam, Alpana ^a   Daniels, Chris B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Conservation; Ecological design; Urban green space; Urban wildlife; Wildlife management

Indexed keywords

AVES;

EID: 84924424851     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19139063     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5539/jsd.v7n1p1     Document Type: Article

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