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We would like to thank the conference organizers and sponsors that supported each of the URI conferences. Special thanks go to David Laband and his tireless work in coordinating each conference and their proceedings. We would like to acknowledge the Auburn University Center for Forest Sustainability, USDA Forest Service-Centers for Urban and Interface Forestry, and the additional Auburn University campus units (Forest Policy Center, School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences) that supported the 2010 URI conference from which the papers in this special issue are drawn. We thank all our keynote speakers and conference registrants that contributed valuable insight to the discussions that inspired this special issue. Finally, thanks to the manuscript reviewers and to Glenn R. Guntenspergen (editor-in-chief of Urban Ecosystems) for coordinating the publication of this special issue.
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Romagosa, C.M., Morse, W.C. & Lockaby, B.G. Emerging issues along urban–rural interfaces: an introduction to the special issue. Urban Ecosyst 16, 1–2 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11252-013-0299-y
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