Designing landscapes for performance based on emerging principles in landscape ecology

Ecology and Society

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Lovell, Sarah Taylor ^a   Johnston, Douglas M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agroecosystem; Design guidelines; Ecological design; Ecosystem services; Human dominated; Multifunctional landscape; Multifunctionality; Urban agriculture; Urban ecology

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; CONSERVATION STATUS; DESIGN METHOD; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS;

EID: 69149096719     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-02912-140144     Document Type: Article

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