Rare and endangered plants at Gateway National Recreation Area: A case for protection of urban natural areas

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 41-51

  Stalter, Richard ^a   Byer, Michael D ^b   Tanacredi, John T ^b  

^a ST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Rare plants; Recreation; Urban parks

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; URBAN NATURAL AREA;

USA, NEW YORK, NEW YORK, GATEWAY NATIONAL RECREATION AREA;

EID: 0030176725     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0169-2046(95)00213-8     Document Type: Article

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