Landscape, vegetation characteristics, and group identity in an urban and suburban watershed: Why the 60s matter

Urban Ecosystems

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 255-271

  Boone, Christopher G ^a   Cadenasso, Mary L ^b   Grove, J Morgan ^c   Schwarz, Kirsten ^d   Buckley, Geoffrey L ^e  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^d RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Baltimore; Legacies; Social predictors; Urban landscapes

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954540318     PISSN: 10838155     EISSN: 15731642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11252-009-0118-7     Document Type: Article

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