Scale, birds, and human decisions: A potential for integrative research in urban ecosystems

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 15-19

  Hostetler, Mark ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Birds; Hierarchy; Human decisions; Scale; Urban ecosystems

Indexed keywords

BIRD; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; INTEGRATED APPROACH; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; URBAN PLANNING;

AVES; GALLIFORMES;

EID: 0033568332     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-2046(99)00025-0     Document Type: Article

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