Exposing an urban ecology straw man: Critique of Ramalho and Hobbs

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 255-256

  McDonnell, Mark J ^a   Hahs, Amy K ^a   Pickett, Steward T A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CITY; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; LETTER; URBANIZATION;

CITIES; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; URBANIZATION;

EID: 84859949621     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2012.01.009     Document Type: Letter

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