Informal urban green space: A trilingual systematic review of its role for biodiversity and trends in the literature

Urban Forestry and Urban Greening

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 883-908

  Rupprecht, Christoph D D ^a   Byrne, Jason A ^a   Garden, Jenni G ^a,b   Hero, Jean Marc ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Seed Consulting Services   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cities; Conservation; Liminal; Spontaneous vegetation; Urban ecology; Wasteland

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODIVERSITY; BROWNFIELD SITE; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; GREENSPACE; LITERATURE REVIEW; MAMMAL; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; REPTILE; TYPOLOGY; URBAN AREA; URBAN ECOSYSTEM; WASTELAND;

MAMMALIA; REPTILIA;

EID: 84951785397     PISSN: 16188667     EISSN: 16108167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ufug.2015.08.009     Document Type: Review

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