URBAN ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS : Linking Terrestrial Ecological , Physical , and Socioeconomic Components of Metropolitan Areas *
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S. T. A. Pickett,1 M. L. Cadenasso,1 J. M. Grove,2 C. H. Nilon,3 R. V. Pouyat,4 W. C. Zipperer,4 and R. Costanza5 'Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook, New York; e-mail: [email protected], [email protected] 2 USDA Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station, Burlington, Vermont; e-mail: [email protected] 3Fisheries and Wildlife, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri; e-mail: [email protected] 4USDA Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station, Syracuse, New York; e-mail: [email protected], [email protected] 5Center for Environmental and Estuar-ine Studies, University of Maryland, Solomans, Maiyland; e-mail: [email protected]
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URBAN ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS: Linking Terrestrial Ecological, Physical, and Socioeconomic Components of Metropolitan Areas1
S. T. A. Pickett,1 M. L. Cadenasso,1 J. M. Grove,2 C. H. Nilon,3 R. V. Pouyat,4 W. C. Zipperer,4 and R. Costanza5 1Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook, New York; e-mail: [email protected], [email protected] 2USDA Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station, Burlington, Vermont; e-mail: [email protected] 3Fisheries and Wildlife, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri; e-m...
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تاریخ انتشار 2008