Interdisciplinary foundations of urban ecology

Urban Ecosystems

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 311-331

  Young, Robert F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Interdisciplinary; Nature society divide; Theory; Urban ecological development; Urban ecology

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349332924     PISSN: 10838155     EISSN: 15731642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11252-009-0095-x     Document Type: Article

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