Introduction to Ecological Landscaping: A Holistic Description and Framework to Guide the Study and Management of Urban Landscape Parcels

Urban Horticulture: Ecology, Landscape, and Agriculture

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 3-32

  Byrne, Loren B ^a   Grewal, Parwinder ^b  

^a ROGER WILLIAMS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85151758308     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1201/9781315366098-10     Document Type: Chapter

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