Native and exotic woody vegetation communities in domestic gardens in relation to social and environmental factors

Ecology and Society

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  van Heezik, Yolanda M ^a   Freeman, Claire ^a   Porter, Stefan ^a   Dickinson, Katharine J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Assemblages; Communities; Community composition; Diversity; Plants

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GARDEN; NATIVE SPECIES; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; WOODY PLANT;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 84924425225     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-06978-190417     Document Type: Article

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