From patterns to emerging processes in mechanistic urban ecology

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 186-191

  Shochat, Eyal ^a,b   Warren, Paige S ^b,c   Faeth, Stanley H ^d   McIntyre, Nancy E ^e   Hope, Diane ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^d ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MORPHOLOGY; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBANIZATION;

ARTICLE; ECOLOGY; URBANIZATION;

ECOLOGY; URBANIZATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33645984544     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2005.11.019     Document Type: Article

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