Local- and landscape-scale land cover affects microclimate and water use in urban gardens

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 610-611, Issue , 2018, Pages 570-575

  Lin, Brenda B ^a   Egerer, Monika H ^b   Liere, Heidi ^c   Jha, Shalene ^d   Bichier, Peter ^b   Philpott, Stacy M ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c REED COLLEGE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Groundcover; Land cover; Urban greening; Vegetative complexity; Water use

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; FORESTRY; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; VEGETATION;

GROUNDCOVER; LAND COVER; URBAN GREENING; VEGETATIVE COMPLEXITY; WATER USE;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; GARDEN; GREENSPACE; LAND COVER; MICROCLIMATE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA; VEGETATION COVER; WATER USE;

AGRICULTURAL PROCEDURES; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GRASS; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE; MICROCLIMATE; MULCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHRUB; SPECIES RICHNESS; TREE; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; VEGETATION; WATER AND WATER RELATED PHENOMENA; WATER USE;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85027401074     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.08.091     Document Type: Article

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