Urban ecological systems: Linking terrestrial ecological, physical, and socioeconomic components of metropolitan areas

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

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 99-122

  Pickett, S T A ^a   Cadenasso, M L ^a   Grove, J Morgan ^b   Nilon, C H ^c   Pouyat, R V ^d   Zipperer, W C ^d   Costanza, R ^e  

^a CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^d STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

city; hierarchy theory; integration; patch dynamics; urban ecology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861778827     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-73412-5_7     Document Type: Chapter

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