Involving ecologists in shaping large-scale green infrastructure projects

BioScience

Volumn 63, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 882-890

  Felson, Alexander J ^a   Oldfield, Emily E ^b   Bradford, Mark A ^b  

^a School of Architecture   (United States)

^b Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

Author keywords

applied ecology; designed experiments; green infrastructure; urban design; urban ecology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883438438     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/bio.2013.63.11.7     Document Type: Article

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