Spontaneous plant colonization and bird visits of tropical extensive green roof

Urban Ecosystems

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 337-352

  Deng, Huijuan ^a,b   Jim, C Y ^b  

^a JINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Bird community; Ecological succession; Extensive green roof; Naturalistic green roof design; Spontaneous plant species; Urban biodiversity conservation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986268717     PISSN: 10838155     EISSN: 15731642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11252-016-0596-3     Document Type: Article

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