Quantifying biodiversity for building resilience for food security in urban landscapes: Getting down to business

Ecology and Society

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Jansson, Åsa ^a   Polasky, Steven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecosystem services; Food security; Functional diversity; Pollination; Resilience; Response diversity; Urban ecology

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FOOD SECURITY; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE PROTECTION; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; SUSTAINABILITY; URBAN AREA; URBAN PLANNING; WELFARE IMPACT;

EID: 77958451544     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-03520-150320     Document Type: Article

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