Urban Systems

Encyclopedia of Ecology, Five-Volume Set

Volumn 1-5, Issue , 2008, Pages 3665-3672

  Elmqvist, T ^a   Alfsen, C ^b   Colding, J ^c  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNESCO   (United States)

^c ROYAL SWEDISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Biodiversity patterns; Ecosystem services; Management; Population and community processes; Social ecological systems; Urban ecosystems; Urbanization; Urban rural gradients

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956539783     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-008045405-4.00364-5     Document Type: Chapter

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