Strategically growing the urban forest will improve our world

Nature Communications

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Endreny, Theodore A ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; STRATEGIC APPROACH; URBAN ECONOMY; URBAN ECOSYSTEM; URBAN FORESTRY; URBAN GROWTH;

BIODIVERSITY; FOREST; HUMAN; REVIEW; URBAN POPULATION; WELLBEING; CHEMISTRY; CITY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FORESTRY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECREATION; TREE; TRENDS; URBANIZATION;

CARBON DIOXIDE; OXYGEN;

BIODIVERSITY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CITIES; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; FORESTRY; FORESTS; HUMANS; OXYGEN; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECREATION; TREES; URBANIZATION;

EID: 85044475075     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-03622-0     Document Type: Review

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