Living more than just enough for the city: Persistence of high-quality vegetation in natural areas in an urban setting

Diversity

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 611-627

  Dolan, Rebecca W ^a   Stephens, Jessica D ^b   Moore, Marcia E ^a  

^a BUTLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

American Midwest; Biodiversity; Biological invasions; Conservation coefficients; Urban conservation; Urban ecology; Urban flora

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; URBAN ECOSYSTEM; VEGETATION COVER;

MIDWEST; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84859357325     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14242818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/d3040611     Document Type: Article

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