Ecology for the Shrinking City

BioScience

Volumn 66, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 965-973

  Herrmann, Dustin L ^a   Schwarz, Kirsten ^b   Shuster, William D ^a   Berland, Adam ^c   Chaffin, Brian C ^d   Garmestani, Ahjond S ^a   Hopton, Matthew E ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amenity; Ecosystem services; Shrinking city; Sustainability; Urban ecology

Indexed keywords

EID: 85014855356     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: 15253244     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/biosci/biw062     Document Type: Review

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