Advancing urban ecological studies: Frameworks, concepts, and results from the Baltimore Ecosystem Study

Austral Ecology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 114-125

  Pickett, S T A ^a   Cadenasso, M L ^b  

^a CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^b Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

Author keywords

City; Ecosystem; Framework; Interdisciplinary; Patch dynamics; Social factors; Urban; Wakershed

Indexed keywords

PATCH DYNAMICS; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; URBAN ECOSYSTEM;

BALTIMORE; MARYLAND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33644657475     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2006.01586.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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