Urban vegetation change after a hundred years in a tropical city (San José de Costa Rica)

Revista de Biologia Tropical

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1367-1386

  Monge Nájera, Julián ^a   Pérez Gómez, Gabriela ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD ESTATAL A DISTANCIA   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

City landscape; Effects of urbanization; Photographic comparison; Species list; Urban flora

Indexed keywords

ACANTHACEAE; ASTERACEAE; CYPERACEAE; EUPHORBIA; EUPHORBIACEAE; FABACEAE; LAMIACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MALVACEAE; PIPERACEAE; POACEAE; SOLANACEAE; VERBENACEAE;

EID: 78650710335     PISSN: 00347744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15517/rbt.v58i4.5418     Document Type: Article

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