Maintaining ecological integrity and sustaining ecosystem function in urban areas

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 178-184

  Alberti, Marina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FEEDBACK MECHANISM; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INDEX OF BIOTIC INTEGRITY; LAND COVER; LITERATURE REVIEW; SUSTAINABILITY; URBAN AREA; URBAN ECOSYSTEM; URBANIZATION;

EID: 77956401381     PISSN: 18773435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2010.07.002     Document Type: Review

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