Grand challenges in urban ecology

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 3, Issue JUN, 2015, Pages

  Pataki, Diane E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Built environment; Ecology; Urban design; Urban ecology; Urban planning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84980037221     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2296701X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2015.00057     Document Type: Article

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