Historical landscape ecology of an urbanized California valley: Wetlands and woodlands in the Santa Clara Valley

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages 103-120

  Grossinger, Robin M ^a   Striplen, Charles J ^a   Askevold, Ruth A ^a   Brewster, Elise ^b   Beller, Erin E ^a  

^a SAN FRANCISCO ESTUARY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Brewster Design Arts   (United States)

Author keywords

Landscape heterogeneity; Landscape history; Platanus racemosa; Populus fremontii; Quercus lobata; Urban ecology

Indexed keywords

DECIDUOUS FOREST; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; LANDSCAPE HISTORY; POPULATION DECLINE; RIPARIAN FOREST; URBANIZATION; WETLAND; WOODLAND;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SANTA CLARA VALLEY; UNITED STATES;

CANIS LATRANS; PLATANUS RACEMOSA; POPULUS FREMONTII; QUERCUS LOBATA; SALIX; SALIX PETIOLARIS;

EID: 35848929903     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-007-9122-6     Document Type: Article

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