Ecological homogenization of urban USA

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 74-81

  Groffman, Peter M ^a   Cavender Bares, Jeannine ^b   Bettez, Neil D ^a   Grove, J Morgan ^c   Hall, Sharon J ^d   Heffernan, James B ^e   Hobbie, Sarah E ^b   Larson, Kelli L ^f   Morse, Jennifer L ^a   Neill, Christopher ^g   Nelson, Kristen ^b   O'Neil Dunne, Jarlath ^h   Ogden, Laura ⁱ   Pataki, Diane E ^j   Polsky, Colin ^k   Chowdhury, Rinku Roy ^l   Steele, Meredith K ^e  

^a CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^d ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g ECOSYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

ⁱ FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^k CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; HOUSEHOLD STRUCTURE; LAND COVER; LAND MANAGEMENT; LAND USE CHANGE; METROPOLITAN AREA; MICROCLIMATE; URBAN AREA;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84894245936     PISSN: 15409295     EISSN: 15409309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/120374     Document Type: Article

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