Ecological Homogenization of Residential Macrosystems

Authors

Peter M. Groffman, University of New YorkFollow
Meghan Avolio, National Socio-Environmental Synthesis CenterFollow
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 UniversityFollow
Sarah E. Hobbie, University of Minnesota
Kelli L. Larson, Arizona State University
Susannah B. Lerman, USDA Forest Service
Dexter H. Locke, Clark UniversityFollow
James B. Heffernan, Duke University
Jennifer L. Morse, Portland State UniversityFollow
Christopher Neill, Woods Hole Research CenterFollow
Kristen C. Nelson, University of MinnesotaFollow
Jarlath O'Neil-Dunne, University of Vermont
Diane E. Pataki, University of Utah
Colin Polsky, Clark UniversityFollow
Rinku Roy Chowdhury, Indiana University - BloomingtonFollow
Tara Trammell, University of Delaware

Published In

Nature Ecology & Evolution

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

7-2017

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 Details

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).