Conceptual models as hypotheses in monitoring urban landscapes

Environmental Management

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 171-182

  Lookingbill, Todd R ^a   Gardner, Robert H ^a   Townsend, Philip A ^c   Carter, Shawn L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Conceptual ecologic models; Model evaluation; National Capital Region Network; Stressor response; Urban ecology; Vital signs monitoring

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL ECOLOGIC MODELS; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; POPULATION DENSITY; URBAN ECOLOGY;

ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; URBAN PLANNING;

LAND USE;

DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MODEL VALIDATION; NATIONAL PARK; NATURE RESERVE; RECREATIONAL FACILITY; URBAN ECOSYSTEM; URBAN PLANNING;

AMPHIBIA; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTAMINATION; ECOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; ECOLOGICAL SPECIALIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; HYPOTHESIS; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION; VEGETATION;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA];

EID: 34547134955     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-005-0246-7     Document Type: Review

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