Creating multifunctional landscapes: How can the field of ecology inform the design of the landscape?

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 212-220

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESIGN; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE;

EID: 69149097481     PISSN: 15409295     EISSN: 15409309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/070178     Document Type: Article

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