Assessing the homogenization of urban land management with an application to US residential lawn care

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 111, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 4432-4437

  Polsky, Colin ^a   Grove, J Morgan ^b   Knudson, Chris ^a   Groffman, Peter M ^c   Bettez, Neil ^c   Cavender Bares, Jeannine ^d   Hall, Sharon J ^e   Heffernan, James B ^f   Hobbie, Sarah E ^d   Larson, Kelli L ^g   Morse, Jennifer L ^h   Neill, Christopher ⁱ   Nelson, Kristen C ^d   Ogden, Laura A ^j   O'Neil Dunne, Jarlath ^k   Pataki, Diane E ^l   Chowdhury, Rinku Roy ^m   Steele, Meredith K ⁿ  

^a CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Northern Research Station   (United States)

^c CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^e ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ ECOSYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

^j FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^m INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁿ VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

Land change science; Private land management; Sustainability science; Urban ecology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; HUMAN; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); LAND USE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM SAMPLE; SOIL FERTILIZATION; TELEPHONE INTERVIEW; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION;

EID: 84896925666     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1323995111     Document Type: Article

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