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Urban realities: the contribution of residential gardens to the conservation of urban forest remnants

2010-05-01

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Urbanization has destroyed and fragmented previously large areas of habitat. Small remnants that still exist in numerous cities will be unable to sustain many viable wild plant populations if they do not expand into the surrounding urban matrix. Residential gardens form a significant component of urban green space in many cities and therefore could play a role in redressing this problem. Our ecological and social...

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Literature Corpus work: 97505f8f-8a28-58f7-bff8-1d46c7b89491
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-009-9768-2

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