Applying landscape ecological principles in urban environments

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1139-1142

  Breuste, Jürgen ^a   Niemelä, Jari ^b   Snep, Robbert P H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 57849154794     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-008-9273-0     Document Type: Editorial

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