A comparative flora of large urban parks: Intraurban and interurban similarity in the megalopolis of the northeastern United States

Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society

Volumn 133, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 601-625

  Loeb, Robert E ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative flora; Floral similarity; Human impact; Species diversity; Urban parks

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FLORA; FLORISTICS; GREENSPACE; INTRODUCED SPECIES; SPECIES DIVERSITY; URBAN ECOSYSTEM;

BALTIMORE; BOSTON; BRONX COUNTY; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; KINGS COUNTY [NEW YORK]; MARYLAND; MASSACHUSETTS; NEW YORK [NEW YORK (STT)]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; PENNSYLVANIA; PHILADELPHIA; QUEENS COUNTY; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA];

EID: 33847620310     PISSN: 10955674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3159/1095-5674(2006)133[601:ACFOLU]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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