Urban ecology: Advancing science and society

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 574-581

  Tanner, Colby J ^a   Adler, Frederick R ^b   Grimm, Nancy B ^c   Groffman, Peter M ^d   Levin, Simon A ^e   Munshi South, Jason ^f   Pataki, Diane E ^b   Pavao Zuckerman, Mitchell ^g   Wilson, William G ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^e PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g University of Arizona   (United States)

^h DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84914181445     PISSN: 15409295     EISSN: 15409309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/140019     Document Type: Article

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