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Ecological Homogenization of Residential Macrosystems
Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • Peter M. Groffman, University of New York
  • Meghan Avolio, National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center
  • Jeannine Cavender-Bares, University of Minnesota - St. Paul
  • Neil D. Bettez, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies
  • J. Morgan Grove, U.S. Forest Service
  • Sharon J. Hall, Arizona State University
  • Sarah E. Hobbie, University of Minnesota
  • Kelli L. Larson, Arizona State University
  • Susannah B. Lerman, USDA Forest Service
  • Dexter H. Locke, Clark University
  • James B. Heffernan, Duke University
  • Jennifer L. Morse, Portland State University
  • Christopher Neill, Woods Hole Research Center
  • Kristen C. Nelson, University of Minnesota
  • Jarlath O'Neil-Dunne, University of Vermont
  • Diane E. Pataki, University of Utah
  • Colin Polsky, Clark University
  • Rinku Roy Chowdhury, Indiana University - Bloomington
  • Tara Trammell, University of Delaware
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
7-1-2017
Subjects
  • Urban ecology,
  • Urban land use -- Ecological aspects,
  • Ecosystem management,
  • Nature -- Effect of human beings on
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

Description

To the best of our knowledge, this work was authored as part of the Contributor's official duties as an Employee of the United States Government and is therefore a work of the United States Government. In accordance with 17 U.S.C. 105.

Published by Nature Publishing Group

DOI
10.1038/s41559-017-0191
Persistent Identifier
http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/23393
Citation Information
Groffman, P. M., Avolio, M., Cavender-Bares, J., Bettez, N. D., Grove, J. M., Hall, S. J., ... & Heffernan, J. B. (2017). Ecological homogenization of residential macrosystems. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 1(7).