Boom-bust economics and vegetation dynamics in a desert city: How strong is the link?

Ecosphere

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2017, Pages

  Ripplinger, Julie ^a,b   Collins, Scott L ^a,c   York, Abigail M ^d   Franklin, Janet ^d  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^d ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Cities; Disturbance; Economic disruption; Plant communities; Precipitation; Recession; Social ecological systems; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

EID: 85020039757     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21508925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.1826     Document Type: Article

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