Ecological homogenization of residential macrosystems

Authors

Peter M. Groffman, City University of New York
Meghan Avolio, National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center (SESYNC)
Jeannine Cavender-Bares, University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Neil D. Bettez, Institute of Ecosystem Studies
J. Morgan Grove, USDA Forest Service
Sharon J. Hall, Arizona State University
Sarah E. Hobbie, Clark University
Kelli L. Larson, Duke University
Susannah B. Lerman, Portland State University
Dexter H. Locke, Woods Hole Research Center
James B. Heffernan, City University of New York
Jennifer L. Morse, City University of New York
Christopher Neill, City University of New York
Kristen C. Nelson, University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Jarlath O'Neil-Dunne, University of Vermont
DIane E. Pataki, City University of New York
Colin Polsky, City University of New York
Rinku Roy Chowdhury, Clark UniversityFollow
Tara L.E. Trammell, National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center (SESYNC)

Document Type

Article

Abstract

Similarities in planning, development and culture within urban areas may lead to the convergence of ecological processes on continental scales. Transdisciplinary, multi-scale research is now needed to understand and predict the impact of human-dominated landscapes on ecosystem structure and function.

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Publication Title

Nature Ecology and Evolution

Publication Date

2017

Volume

1

Issue

7

ISSN

2397-334X

DOI

10.1038/s41559-017-0191

Keywords

homogenization, lawn, residential yards, species composition

Repository Citation

Groffman, Peter M.; Avolio, Meghan; Cavender-Bares, Jeannine; Bettez, Neil D.; Grove, J. Morgan; Hall, Sharon J.; Hobbie, Sarah E.; Larson, Kelli L.; Lerman, Susannah B.; Locke, Dexter H.; Heffernan, James B.; Morse, Jennifer L.; Neill, Christopher; Nelson, Kristen C.; O'Neil-Dunne, Jarlath; Pataki, DIane E.; Polsky, Colin; Roy Chowdhury, Rinku; and Trammell, Tara L.E., "Ecological homogenization of residential macrosystems" (2017). Geography. 585.
https://commons.clarku.edu/faculty_geography/585

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