Predicting the likely impact of urbanisation on bat populations using citizen science data, a case study for Norfolk, UK

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 162, Issue , 2017, Pages 44-55

  Border, Jennifer A ^a   Newson, Stuart E ^a   White, David C J ^b   Gillings, Simon ^a  

^a THE NUNNERY   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Planning and Transportation   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bio indicators; Biodiversity; Housing development; Mitigation; Urban development; Urban planning

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEMS; HOUSING; LAND USE; URBAN GROWTH; URBAN PLANNING;

DETECTION METHODS; HOUSING DEVELOPMENT; MITIGATION; MITIGATION MEASURES; MITIGATION PLANNING; MITIGATION STRATEGY; SPATIALLY EXPLICIT; URBAN DEVELOPMENT;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

ABUNDANCE; BAT; BIODIVERSITY; BIOINDICATOR; DATA SET; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; HOUSING MANAGEMENT; MITIGATION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN PLANNING; URBANIZATION;

ENGLAND; NORFOLK [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 85013339560     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2017.02.005     Document Type: Article

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