Urban ecology in a developing world: Why advanced socioecological theory needs Africa

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 556-564

  McHale, Melissa R ^a   Bunn, David N ^b   Pickett, Steward T A ^c   Twine, Wayne ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; KINSHIP; LANDSCAPE; MIGRATION; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; RESEARCH; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBANIZATION;

SOUTH AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 84883559399     PISSN: 15409295     EISSN: 15409309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/120157     Document Type: Review

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