The biodiversity-ecosystem service relationship in urban areas: A quantitative review

Oikos

Volumn 125, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 761-768

  Ziter, Carly ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH; HABITAT TYPE; INVASIVENESS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SERVICE SECTOR; TRADE-OFF; URBAN ECOSYSTEM; URBANIZATION;

EID: 84949817997     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/oik.02883     Document Type: Article

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