Allotment gardens and parks: Provision of ecosystem services with an emphasis on biodiversity

Urban Forestry and Urban Greening

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 772-781

  Speak, A F ^a   Mizgajski, A ^b   Borysiak, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Allotment gardens; Biodiversity; Ecology; Ecosystem services; Parks; Urban agriculture

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION STATUS; GARDEN; GREENSPACE; LAND COVER; LAND USE; PLANT COMMUNITY; RECYCLING; RUDERAL; SPECIES RICHNESS; URBAN AREA;

ENGLAND; MANCHESTER [ENGLAND]; POLAND [CENTRAL EUROPE]; POZNAN [POLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84951858876     PISSN: 16188667     EISSN: 16108167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ufug.2015.07.007     Document Type: Article

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