The Effects of Human Socioeconomic Status and Cultural Characteristics on Urban Patterns of Biodiversity
We present evidence that there can be substantial variation in species richness in residential areas differing in their socioeconomic and cultural characteristics. Many analyses of the impacts of urbanization on biodiversity rely on traditional "urban-to-rural" gradient measures, such as d...
Main Authors: | Ann P. Kinzig, Paige Warren, Chris Martin, Diane Hope, Madhusudan Katti |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Resilience Alliance
2005-06-01
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Series: | Ecology and Society |
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Online Access: | http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol10/iss1/art23/ |
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