Integrated approaches to long-term studies of urban ecological systems

Urban Ecology: An International Perspective on the Interaction Between Humans and Nature

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 123-141

  Grimm, Nancy B ^a   Grove, J Morgan ^b   Pickett, Steward T A ^c   Redman, Charles L ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Baltimore; ecosystem; human social system; hydrology; land cover; long term ecological research; patch dynamics; Phoenix; scale; Watershed dynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054055698     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-73412-5_8     Document Type: Chapter

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