FORUM: Challenges and future directions in urban afforestation

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1169-1177

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

^a Yale University   (United States)

^b BUFFALO STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Afforestation; Green infrastructure; Natural colonization; Recruitment; Restoration; Urban forest; Vegetation dynamics

Indexed keywords

AFFORESTATION; AIR QUALITY; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; COLONIZATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FUTURE PROSPECT; GREENBELT; INVASIVE SPECIES; JUVENILE; NATIVE SPECIES; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); RESTORATION ECOLOGY; RUNOFF; STAND DYNAMICS; STORMWATER; SURVIVAL; URBAN FORESTRY; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 84890855509     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.12124     Document Type: Article

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