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Coupling biogeochemical cycles in urban environments: ecosystem services, green solutions, and misconceptions by Pataki, Diane E, Carreiro, Margaret M, Cherrier, Jennifer, Grulke, Nancy E, Jennings, Viniece, Pincetl, Stephanie, Pouyat, Richard V, Whitlow, Thomas H, Zipperer, Wayne C

“…Urban green space is purported to offset greenhouse-gas (GHG) emissions, remove air and water pollutants, cool local climate, and improve public health. To use…”
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Influence of Lonicera maackii Invasion on Leaf Litter Decomposition and Macroinvertebrate Communities in an Urban Stream by Fargen, Catherine, Emery, Sarah M, Carreiro, Margaret M

“…Lonicera maackii (Amur honeysuckle) is an aggressive alien shrub that invades many habitat types in the eastern United States, including riparian zones. The…”
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Within-year temporal variation and life-cycle seasonality affect stream macroinvertebrate community structure and biotic metrics by Johnson, Robert C., Carreiro, Margaret M., Jin, Hwa-Seong, Jack, Jeffrey D.

“…Seasonal changes in macroinvertebrate taxon abundances that are related to life history introduce temporal variation into macroinvertebrate community structure…”
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Atmospheric Deposition to Oak Forests along an Urban−Rural Gradient by Lovett, Gary M, Traynor, Martin M, Pouyat, Richard V, Carreiro, Margaret M, Zhu, Wei-Xing, Baxter, James W

“…To determine the patterns of atmospheric deposition and throughfall in the vicinity of a large city, bulk deposition, oak forest throughfall, and particulate…”
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An Interdisciplinary and Synthetic Approach to Ecological Boundaries by CADENASSO, MARY L, PICKETT, STEWARD T. A, WEATHERS, KATHLEEN C, BELL, SUSAN S, BENNING, TRACY L, CARREIRO, MARGARET M, DAWSON, TODD E

“…We introduce a collection of articles that proposes conceptual and methodological tools to advance the integrated study of ecological boundaries. A number of…”
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Macroinvertebrate community structure, secondary production and trophic-level dynamics in urban streams affected by non-point-source pollution by JOHNSON, ROBERT C., JIN, HWA-SEONG, CARREIRO, MARGARET M., JACK, JEFFREY D.

“…Summary 1. Despite non‐point‐source (NPS) pollution being perhaps the most ubiquitous stressor affecting urban streams, there is a lack of research assessing…”
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Caterpillar survival in the city: attack rates on model lepidopteran larvae along an urban-rural gradient show no increase in predation with increasing urban intensity by Nason, Lindsay D., Eason, Perri K., Carreiro, Margaret M., Cherry, Amy, Lawson, Jacob

“…Growing native plants in urban gardens is often promoted as a possible means of increasing lepidopteran populations. However, the efficacy of such efforts has…”
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Foliar production and decomposition rates in urban forests invaded by the exotic invasive shrub, Lonicera maackii by Trammell, Tara L. E., Ralston, Haylee A., Scroggins, Shannon A., Carreiro, Margaret M.

“…Exotic invasive shrubs can form dense monocultures in forest understories, which can have cascading effects on ecosystem structure and function. Amur…”
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Co-adapting societal and ecological interactions following large disturbances in urban park woodlands by CARREIRO, MARGARET M., ZIPPERER, WAYNE C.

“…The responses of urban park woodlands to large disturbances provide the opportunity to identify and examine linkages in social‐ecological systems in urban…”
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Woody plant communities along urban, suburban, and rural streams in Louisville, Kentucky, USA by White, R. Jonathan, Carreiro, Margaret M, Zipperer, Wayne C

“…Anthropogenic changes in land use and cover (LULC) in stream catchments can alter the composition of riparian plant communities, which can affect ecosystem…”
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Forest remnants along urban-rural gradients: examining their potential for global change research by Carreiro, M.M, Tripler, C.E

“…Over the next century, ecosystems throughout the world will be responding to rapid changes in climate and rising levels of carbon dioxide, inorganic N and…”
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Forest soils adjacent to urban interstates: Soil physical and chemical properties, heavy metals, disturbance legacies, and relationships with woody vegetation by Trammell, Tara L. E., Schneid, Brad P., Carreiro, Margaret M.

“…While urban ecology is an expanding field of study, some natural areas within the urban environment remain under-examined. These include naturally regenerating…”
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Does Removal of the Invasive Shrub Lonicera maackii Alter Arthropod Abundance and Diversity? by Masters, Jeffery A, Bryant, Alexandria N, Carreiro, Margaret M, Emery, Sarah M

“…To evaluate the effects of Amur honeysuckle (Lonicera maackii) removal on arthropod abundance and taxon richness, we sampled arthropods in seven removal plots…”
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Vegetation composition and structure of woody plant communities along urban interstate corridors in Louisville, KY, U.S.A by Trammell, Tara L. E., Carreiro, Margaret M.

“…Urban forests adjacent to interstate corridors are understudied ecosystems across cities. Despite their small area, these forests may be strategically located…”
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Temporal and spatial variations in nitrogen transformations in deciduous forest ecosystems along an urban–rural gradient by Zhu, Wei-Xing, Carreiro, Margaret M.

“…Ecosystem processes such as N transformations have seldom been studied in urban and suburban areas. Here we report the temporal and spatial variations in soil…”
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Controls on Mass Loss and Nitrogen Dynamics of Oak Leaf Litter along an Urban-Rural Land-Use Gradient by Pouyat, Richard V., Carreiro, Margaret M.

“…Using reciprocal leaf litter transplants, we investigated the effects of contrasting environments (urban vs. rural) and intraspecific variations in oak leaf…”
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Soil heavy metal concentrations, microbial biomass and enzyme activities in a contaminated grassland ecosystem by Kuperman, Roman G., Carreiro, Margaret M.

“…Soil enzyme activities and microbial biomass were measured in a grassland ecosystem with a wide range of heavy metal concentrations ranging from 7.2 to 48.1…”
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Chemoautotrophic nitrification in acidic forest soils along an urban-to-rural transect by Zhu, Wei-Xing, Carreiro, Margaret M

“…We studied N-mineralization and nitrification in oak forest soils along a 130 km urban-to-rural transect in the New York City metropolitan area. We found most…”
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Nitrogen and phosphorus availability in oak forest stands exposed to contrasting anthropogenic impacts by Baxter, James W., Pickett, Steward T.A., Dighton, John, Carreiro, Margaret M.

“…We compared soil N and P availability in similar oak forest stands located in either an urban or a rural area. To compare N and P availability in the urban and…”
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Variations of soluble organic nitrogen and microbial nitrogen in deciduous forest soils along an urban–rural gradient by Zhu, Wei-Xing, Carreiro, Margaret M

“…Soluble organic N and microbial N pools in terrestrial ecosystems have been less studied than those of inorganic N. Therefore, cross-system variation in their…”
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