A5018293197- Urban Green Space and Health
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Fire effects on ecosystems
- Economic and Environmental Valuation
- Turfgrass Adaptation and Management
- Rangeland and Wildlife Management
- Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
- Disaster Management and Resilience
- Urban Agriculture and Sustainability
- Plant and animal studies
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Genetically Modified Organisms Research
- Forest Management and Policy
- Agricultural Innovations and Practices
- Urban Heat Island Mitigation
- Diverse Educational Innovations Studies
- Insect Resistance and Genetics
- Animal and Plant Science Education
- Insect and Pesticide Research
- Community Health and Development
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Animal Genetics and Reproduction
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Innovation and Socioeconomic Development
- Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
University of Minnesota
2014-2024
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
2014-2024
University of Minnesota System
2019-2023
Twin Cities Orthopedics
2021
NGM Biopharmaceuticals (United States)
2020
US Forest Service
2009
Rockwell Automation (United States)
1968
Changes in land use, cover, and management present some of the greatest potential global environmental challenges 21st century. Urbanization, one principal drivers these transformations, is commonly thought to be generating changes that are increasingly similar. An implication this multiscale homogenization hypothesis ecosystem structure function human behaviors associated with urbanization should more similar certain kinds urbanized locations across biogeophysical gradients than places...
Residential lawns are highly managed ecosystems that occur in urbanized landscapes across the United States. Because they ubiquitous, good systems which to study potential homogenizing effects of urban land use and management together with continental-scale climate on ecosystem structure functioning. We hypothesized similar homeowner preferences residential areas States would lead low plant species diversity relatively homogeneous vegetation broad geographical regions. also lawn richness...
Abstract Urban ecosystems are widely hypothesized to be more ecologically homogeneous than natural ecosystems. We argue that urban plant communities assemble from a complex mix of horticultural and regional species pools, evaluate the homogenization hypothesis by comparing cultivated spontaneously occurring vegetation area across seven major U.S. cities. There was limited support for diversity , as spontaneous yard flora had greater numbers areas, phylogenetic also greater. However, yards...
Rapid worldwide urbanization calls for a better understanding of the biogeochemical cycling those macroelements that have large environmental impacts in cities. This study, part Twin Cities Household Ecosystem Project, quantified fluxes carbon (C), nitrogen (N), and phosphorus (P) at scale individual households Minneapolis-Saint Paul metropolitan area Minnesota, USA. We estimated input output associated with several components household activities including air motor vehicle travel, food...
Policies such as the US Healthy Forests Restoration Act (HFRA) mandate collaboration in planning to create benefits social learning and shared understanding among partners. However, some question ability of top-down policy foster successful local collaboration. Through in-depth interviews document analysis, this paper investigates transformative three case studies Community Wildfire Protection Planning (CWPP), a policy-mandated under HFRA. Not all CWPP groups engaged learning. Those that did...
Urbanization has a homogenizing effect on biodiversity and leads to communities with fewer native species lower conservation value. However, few studies have explored whether or how land management by urban residents can ameliorate the deleterious effects of this homogenization composition. We tested local (land management) neighborhood-scale (impervious surface tree canopy cover) features breeding bird diversity in six US metropolitan areas that differ regional pools climate. used Bayesian...
Abstract Understanding the factors that influence biodiversity in urban areas is important for informing management efforts aimed at enhancing ecosystem services settings and curbing spread of invasive introduced species. We determined ecological socioeconomic patterns plant richness, phylogenetic diversity, composition 133 private household yards Minneapolis‐Saint Paul Metropolitan area, Minnesota, USA . compared spontaneously occurring species those planted by homeowners with natural (at...
ABSTRACT Many forest and fire agencies seek to influence homeowners manage vegetation near their home reduce wildfire risk. To be successful managers need understand the range of existing landscape typologies based on a defensible space evaluation, homeowners' activities for preparedness, what they value in attributes. Interviews visits with 80 at risk wildland–urban interface northern Minnesota central Florida reveal that respondents managed "naturalness," valuing privacy, wildlife,...
Homeowners’ preferences for vegetation and defensible space near their homes were documented wildfire-prone areas in Florida Minnesota (USA) through 80 in-depth interviews home site visits. The dominant preference ‘natural’ landscapes was articulated as valuing vegetated views, wildlife, recreation, quiet, solitude, privacy. Homeowners recognized wildfire risk but varied perceptions of effective prevention measures willingness to take actions reduce risk. Most supported prescribed burns,...
The Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (HFRA) encourages communities to develop community wildfire protection plans (CWPPs) reduce their wildland fire risk and promote healthier forested ecosystems. Communities who have developed CWPPs done so using many different processes, resulting in with varied form content. We analysed data from 13 case-study illustrate how the characteristics HFRA encouraged that reflect local social ecological contexts. A framework for analysing policy...
Earth’s surface is rapidly urbanizing, resulting in dramatic changes the abundance, distribution and character of water features urban landscapes. However, scope consequences redistribution at broad spatial scales are not well understood. We hypothesized that urbanization would lead to convergent abundance distribution: other words, cities will gain or lose such they become more similar each than their surrounding natural Using a database 1 million bodies km streams, we compared 100 US with...