The influence of small urban parks characteristics on bird diversity: A case study of Petaling Jaya, Malaysia

Urban Ecosystems

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 227-243

  Jasmani, Zanariah ^a,b   Ravn, Hans Peter ^a   van den Bosch, Cecil C Konijnendijk ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Human disturbance; Socio ecological approach; Urban birds; Urban green space

Indexed keywords

EID: 84984804404     PISSN: 10838155     EISSN: 15731642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11252-016-0584-7     Document Type: Article

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