Urban green space conservation and management based on biodiversity of terrestrial fauna - A decision support tool

Urban Forestry and Urban Greening

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 508-518

  Łopucki, Rafał ^a   Kiersztyn, Adam ^a  

^a JOHN PAUL II CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF LUBLIN   (Poland)

Author keywords

Area prioritization; Hellwig's method; Small mammals; Urban biodiversity; Urban planning

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ALGORITHM; BIODIVERSITY; BIOINDICATOR; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DATA SET; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; GREENSPACE; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; PRIORITIZATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SMALL MAMMAL; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; URBAN AREA; URBAN PLANNING;

LUBELSKIE; LUBLIN; POLAND;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 84942599489     PISSN: 16188667     EISSN: 16108167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ufug.2015.05.001     Document Type: Article

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