Moving Towards a New Urban Systems Science

Ecosystems

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 38-43

  Groffman, Peter M ^a   Cadenasso, Mary L ^b   Cavender Bares, Jeannine ^c   Childers, Daniel L ^d   Grimm, Nancy B ^e   Grove, J Morgan ^f   Hobbie, Sarah E ^c   Hutyra, Lucy R ^g   Darrel Jenerette, G ^h   McPhearson, Timon ⁱ   Pataki, Diane E ^j   Pickett, Steward T A ^k   Pouyat, Richard V ^f   Rosi Marshall, Emma ^k   Ruddell, Benjamin L ^l  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^g BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁱ NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^k CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^l Center for Materials Interfaces in Research and Applications   (United States)

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Author keywords

community assembly; ecosystem function; evolution; social science; sustainability; urban

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY RULE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH; SOCIAL STATUS; SUSTAINABILITY; URBAN AREA; URBAN ECOSYSTEM;

EID: 84991065637     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-016-0053-4     Document Type: Article

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