Conservation of fragmented grasslands as part of the urban green infrastructure: how important are species diversity, functional diversity and landscape functionality?

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• Publication year

  2015

• Venue

  Urban Ecosystems

• Publication date

  2015-03-01

• Fields of study

  Geography, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1007/s11252-014-0393-9
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