Incorporating critical elements of city distinctiveness into urban biodiversity conservation

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 683-700

  Parker, Sophie S ^a  

^a THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Historical ecology; Human population; Metropolitan area; People; Planning; Urban

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925510138     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-014-0832-1     Document Type: Review

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