Urban forest ecology: Conceptual points of departure

Journal of Arboriculture

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 62-71

  Rowntree, Rowan A ^a  

^a PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Concepts; Ecological history

Indexed keywords

HISTORICAL ECOLOGY; URBAN FORESTRY;

EID: 0031824655     PISSN: 02785226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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