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Plant Biodiversity in Urbanized Areas
Sonja Knapp
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Description for Plant Biodiversity in Urbanized Areas
Paperback. Sonja Knapp compares several aspects of plant biodiversity between urban and rural areas in Germany. Using extensive databases and modern statistical methods, she goes beyond species richness: Urban areas are rich in species but plant species in urban areas are closer related to each other than plant species in rural areas, respectively. Num Pages: 180 pages, 8 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: TCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148 x 10. Weight in Grams: 357.
Urban areas are increasing more and more and human’s first contact to nature will take place in cities. More than 50 % of the world’s human population is concentrated in urban areas; this number is even higher in Central Europe. These are the main reasons for the increasing number of studies on urban ecology - cluding urban flora and vegetation. One surprising outcome of these studies was the higher species richness in urban areas in comparison to the open cultural landscape in Central Europe. This stable pattern has been found within several studies on several cities since the 70s of ... Read more
Urban areas are increasing more and more and human’s first contact to nature will take place in cities. More than 50 % of the world’s human population is concentrated in urban areas; this number is even higher in Central Europe. These are the main reasons for the increasing number of studies on urban ecology - cluding urban flora and vegetation. One surprising outcome of these studies was the higher species richness in urban areas in comparison to the open cultural landscape in Central Europe. This stable pattern has been found within several studies on several cities since the 70s of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Germany
Number of pages
180
Condition
New
Number of Pages
180
Place of Publication
Weisbaden, Germany
ISBN
9783834809230
SKU
V9783834809230
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99-15
About Sonja Knapp
Dr. Sonja Knapp completed her doctoral thesis at the Department of Community Ecology at the Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ in Halle and at the Department of Ecology, Evolution & Diversity at Frankfurt University, Germany.
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