Ecosystem Structure and Function along Urban‐Rural Gradients: An Unexploited Opportunity for Ecology

1990/08/01 by M. J. McDonnell, Mark J. McDonnell, Steward T. A. Pickett +1 · 41 citations
Environmental Science · #Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies #Land Use and Ecosystem Services #Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics

paper · doi:10.2307/1938259

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