Habitat function in urban riparian zones

Urban Ecosystem Ecology

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 103-118

  Ehrenfeld, Joan G ^a   Stander, Emilie K ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal communities; Habitat function; Plant communities; Species movement; Urban riparian systems; Urban riparian zone

Indexed keywords

EID: 85140939405     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.2134/agronmonogr55.c6     Document Type: Chapter

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