A model for assessing wildlife habitats in urban landscapes of eastern Pima County, Arizona (USA)

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 131-144

  Livingston, Margaret ^a   Shaw, William W ^a   Harris, Lisa K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arizona; Urban land cover; Vegetation cover; Wildlife habitats

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; LAND USE; PARKS; PLANTS (BOTANY); VEGETATION;

WILDLIFE HABITATS;

URBAN PLANNING;

GREENSPACE; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; LAND COVER; URBAN AREA; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ARIZONA; TUCSON; UNITED STATES;

RIPARIA;

EID: 0037937580     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-2046(02)00217-7     Document Type: Article

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