Urban ecosystems and the North American carbon cycle

Global Change Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2092-2102

  Pataki, D E ^a   Alig, R J ^b   Fung, A S ^c   Golubiewski, N E ^d   Kennedy, C A ^e   Mcpherson, E G ^f   Nowak, D J ^g   Pouyat, R V ^h   Lankao, P Romero ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d New Zealand Centre for Ecological Economics   (New Zealand)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^h USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

ⁱ DEPARTAMENTO DE SISTEMAS BIOLÓGICOS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

CO2 emissions; Global carbon cycle; Urban ecology

Indexed keywords

CARBON BALANCE; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON EMISSION; ENERGY FLOW; EXHAUST EMISSION; FOSSIL FUEL; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA; URBAN ECOSYSTEM; URBANIZATION;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 33749865405     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2006.01242.x     Document Type: Review

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