Restoring ecosystem health to improve human health and well-being: Physicians and restoration ecologists unite in a common cause

Ecology and Society

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2016, Pages

  Aronson, James C ^a   Blatt, Charles M ^b   Aronson, Thibaud B ^c  

^a MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

^b CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological restoration; Ecosystem health; Human health; Metaphors; Natural capital; Restoration culture; Social capital; Wellbeing

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; HEALTH WORKER; NATURAL CAPITAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SOCIAL CAPITAL;

FRANCE; ILE DE FRANCE; PARIS; VILLE DE PARIS;

EID: 85008223174     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-08974-210439     Document Type: Article

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