Satisfaction, water and fertilizer use in the American residential macrosystem

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2016, Pages

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

^a CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^f ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ ECOSYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

^j Department of Anthropology ^*  (United States)

^k Dartmouth College   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

ⁿ CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^o CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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Author keywords

environmental satisfaction; lawns; nitrogen; residential land use; urban ecology; water

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FERTILIZERS; HOUSING; IRRIGATION; LAND USE; NITROGEN; WATER;

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGERS; ENVIRONMENTAL SATISFACTION; LAWNS; NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS; NITROGEN AVAILABILITY; RESIDENTIAL YARDS; TELEPHONE SURVEY; URBAN ECOLOGY;

NITROGEN FERTILIZERS;

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; LAND USE; NEIGHBORHOOD; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; OPEN SPACE; SOIL NITROGEN; TELECOMMUNICATION; URBAN ECOSYSTEM; WATER AVAILABILITY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84962230023     PISSN: 17489318     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/11/3/034004     Document Type: Article

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