Search Results - "Forman, Richard T. T."

Where to put the next billion people by Forman, Richard T. T., Wu, Jianguo

“…Richard T. T. Forman and Jianguo Wu call for global and regional approaches to urban planning…”
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Open space loss and land inequality in United States' cities, 1990-2000 by McDonald, Robert I, Forman, Richard T T, Kareiva, Peter

“…Urban growth reduces open space in and around cities, impacting biodiversity and ecosystem services. Using land-cover and population data, we examined land…”
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Road traffic and nearby grassland bird patterns in a suburbanizing landscape by FORMAN, Richard T. T, REINEKING, Bjorn, HERSPERGER, Anna M

“…An extensive road system with rapidly increasing traffic produces diverse ecological effects that cover a large land area. Our objective was to evaluate the…”
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Urban effects, distance, and protected areas in an urbanizing world by Mcdonald, Robert I., Forman, Richard T.T., Kareiva, Peter, Neugarten, Rachel, Salzer, Dan, Fisher, Jon

“…With rapid global urban growth, the proximity between urban and protected areas will increase. We identify four categories of nations, based on the proportion…”
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Adjacency arrangement effects on plant diversity and composition in woodland patches by Hersperger, Anna M., Forman, Richard T. T.

“…To understand "adjacency arrangement" (configuration of a patch and its adjoining elements) as a basic unit of landscape pattern, we studied 30 woodland…”
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Estimate of the Area Affected Ecologically by the Road System in the United States by Forman, Richard T. T.

“…In view of an extensive road system, abundant and rapidly growing vehicular traffic, and a scattered literature indicating that some ecological effects of…”
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urban region: natural systems in our place, our nourishment, our home range, our future by Forman, Richard T. T

“…Some of the challenges that are being addressed in the field of urban regional landscape ecology are addressed. Urban sustainability is a daunting challenge,…”
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The Ecological Road-Effect Zone of a Massachusetts (U.S.A.) Suburban Highway by Forman, Richard T. T., Deblinger, Robert D.

“…Ecological flows and biological diversity trace broad patterns across the landscape, whereas transportation planning for human mobility traditionally focuses…”
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ROADS AND THEIR MAJOR ECOLOGICAL EFFECTS by Forman, Richard T. T, Alexander, Lauren E

“…A huge road network with vehicles ramifies across the land, representing a surprising frontier of ecology. Species-rich roadsides are conduits for few species…”
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Urban ecology principles: are urban ecology and natural area ecology really different? by Forman, Richard T. T.

“…Context To understand, even improve, the land of shrinking nature and spreading urbanization, a science applicable from remote natural areas to cities is…”
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Intellectuals ponder a promising paradigm, landscape ecology, in 1983 USA meeting by Forman, Richard T. T.

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A conceptual model of land conversion processes: predictions and evidence from a microlandscape experiment with grassland insects by Collinge, S.K, Forman, R.T.T

“…Land conversion due to human activities produces distinctive spatial patterns across the landscape. It remains unclear, however, how particular spatial…”
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The implications of current and future urbanization for global protected areas and biodiversity conservation by Mcdonald, Robert I., Kareiva, Peter, Forman, Richard T.T.

“…Due to human population growth and migration, there will be nearly 2 billion new urban residents by 2030, yet the consequences of both current and future…”
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Town ecology: for the land of towns and villages by Forman, Richard T. T.

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Urban regions: ecology and planning beyond the city / Richard T.T. Forman by Forman, Richard T. T

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Determinants of spread in an urban landscape by an introduced lizard by Kolbe, Jason J., VanMiddlesworth, Paul, Battles, Andrew C., Stroud, James T., Buffum, Bill, Forman, Richard T. T., Losos, Jonathan B.

“…Context Urban landscapes are a mixture of built structures, human-altered vegetation, and remnant semi-natural areas. The spatial arrangement of abiotic and…”
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Some general principles of landscape and regional ecology by Forman, Richard T. T.

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Stormwater ponds and biofilters for large urban sites: Modeled arrangements that achieve the phosphorus reduction target for Boston's Charles River, USA by Hurley, Stephanie E., Forman, Richard T.T.

“…Urban rivers daily receive tons of phosphorus and other pollutants from stormwater generated by impervious surfaces. Constructed detention ponds and…”
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Forest size and avian diversity in New Jersey woodlots with some land use implications by Forman, T.T, Galli, A.E, Leck, C.F

“…The effect of forest size on avian diversity was studied in oak forest patches in rural New Jersey. Number of bird species continued to increase significantly…”
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Landscape ecology: Richard T.T. Forman, Michel Godron by Forman, Richard T. T, Godron, Michel

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