1. EDITORIAL

   • Mark R. Walbridge

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1 - 2

2. Cities as environments

   • D. B. Botkin
   • C. E. Beveridge

   OriginalPaper Pages: 3 - 19

3. Ecosystem processes along an urban-to-rural gradient

   • Mark J. McDonnell
   • Steward T. A. Pickett
   • Kimberly Medley

   OriginalPaper Pages: 21 - 36

4. Land use dynamics and ecological transition: the case of South Florida

   • Robert T. Walker
   • William D. Solecki
   • Christine Harwell

   OriginalPaper Pages: 37 - 47

5. Quantifying urban forest structure, function, and value: the Chicago Urban Forest Climate Project

   • E. Gregory McPherson
   • David Nowak
   • Rowan Rowntree

   OriginalPaper Pages: 49 - 61

6. Urban ecosystems: the human dimension

   • William E. Rees

   OriginalPaper Pages: 63 - 75

7. Urban ecosystem management: bringing science and policy together

   • J. R. Lyons

   OriginalPaper Pages: 77 - 83