An integrated approach to evaluating urban forest functionality

Urban Ecosystems

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 289-308

  Oleyar, M David ^a   Greve, Adrienne I ^a,b   Withey, John C ^a,c   Bjorn, Andrew M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LEWIS AND CLARK COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Forest function; Interdisciplinary research; Urban ecology; Urban forests; Urban gradient

Indexed keywords

AVES; PASSERI;

EID: 50149096133     PISSN: 10838155     EISSN: 15731642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11252-008-0068-5     Document Type: Article

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