Co-adapting societal and ecological interactions following large disturbances in urban park woodlands

Austral Ecology

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 904-915

  Carreiro, Margaret M ^a   Zipperer, Wayne C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive cycle; Disturbance; Panarchy; Resilience; Social ecological system; Urban ecology; Urban park

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; DISTURBANCE; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; EIGHTEENTH CENTURY; INVASIVE SPECIES; LAND USE CHANGE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARK MANAGEMENT; REGENERATION; SUCCESSION; URBAN AREA; URBAN ECOSYSTEM; URBAN FORESTRY; WOODLAND;

BRAZIL; CHEROKEE NATIONAL FOREST; RIO DE JANEIRO [BRAZIL]; TENNESSEE; TIJUCA NATIONAL PARK; UNITED STATES;

EID: 82355170562     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2010.02237.x     Document Type: Article

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