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Miami-Dade County's Urban Forests and Their Ecosystem Services

Francisco Escobedo, Joy Klein, Micah Pace, Henry Mayer, Sebastian Varela, and Basil Iannone


Release Date: 6/27/2021

Reviewed At: 11/14/2024

DOI: 10.32473/edis-fr347-2011

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Abstract

A UF/IFAS numbered Fact Sheet.

About this Publication

This document is FOR285, one of a series of the School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date July 2011. Revised January 2018 and February 2021. Visit the EDIS website at https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu for the currently supported version of this publication.

About the Authors

Francisco Escobedo, professor Universidad del Rosario Grupo de Investigación en Ecología Funcional y Ecosistémica (EFE) Bogotá, Colombia; Joy Klein, Miami-Dade Department of Environmental Resources Management; Micah Pace, Texas Forest Service; Henry Mayer, UF/IFAS Extension Miami-Dade; Sebastian Varela, World Resources Institute Washington DC; and Basil Iannone, assistant professor, School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences; UF/IFAS Extension, Gainesville, FL 32611.

How to Cite

Escobedo, F., Klein, J., Pace, M., Mayer, H., & Varela, S. (2011). Miami-Dade County’s Urban Forests and Their Ecosystem Services. EDIS, 2011(8). https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-fr347-2011

Authors

Francisco J. Escobedo
Francisco J. Escobedo

former associate professor, School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences

Henrique Mayer
Henrique Mayer
County agent
University of Florida

commercial urban horticulture Extension agent IV, UF/IFAS Extension Miami-Dade County, Homestead, FL

Basil Iannone III
Basil Iannone III
Specialist
University of Florida

associate professor and state Extension specialist, residential landscape ecology, UF/IFAS School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences, Gainesville, FL

Publication #FOR285

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