Environmental stewardship footprint research: Linking human agency and ecosystem health in the Puget Sound region

Urban Ecosystems

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 13-32

  Wolf, Kathleen L ^a   Blahna, Dale J ^a   Brinkley, Weston ^b   Romolini, Michele ^c  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b Cascade Land Conservancy   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Civic ecology; Environmental stewardship; Puget Sound; Social networks; Urban ecology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874270931     PISSN: 10838155     EISSN: 15731642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11252-011-0175-6     Document Type: Article

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