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A national scale inventory of resource provision for biodiversity within domestic gardens

2009-04-01

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The human population is increasingly disconnected from nature due to urbanisation. To counteract this phenomenon, the UK government has been actively promoting wildlife gardening. However, the extent to which such activities are conducted and the level of resource provision for biodiversity (e.g., food and nesting sites) within domestic gardens remains poorly documented. Here we generate estimates for a selection...

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Literature Corpus work: 2010cf61-697a-5859-8285-10f772af18b7
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2008.12.016

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