Mapping stewardship networks in urban ecosystems

Conservation Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 464-473

  Belaire, J Amy ^a   Dribin, Andrew K ^a   Johnston, Douglas P ^a   Lynch, Douglas J ^a   Minor, Emily S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Calumet; Collaborative natural resource management; Conservation; Social network analysis; Stakeholder participation; Stewardship; Urban ecology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859835226     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1755263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-263X.2011.00200.x     Document Type: Article

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