Habitat analogues for reconciliation ecology in urban and industrial environments

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 966-975

  Lundholm, Jeremy T ^a   Richardson, Paul J ^b  

^a SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Ecological engineering; Hardscape; No analogue state; Restoration ecology; Rock outcrop; Stress

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ARTIFICIAL ECOSYSTEM; BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; HABITAT CREATION; HABITAT QUALITY; INDUSTRIAL LOCATION; NATIVE SPECIES; NATURE RESERVE; OUTCROP; PEST SPECIES; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; URBAN ECOSYSTEM; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 77956097377     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2010.01857.x     Document Type: Review

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