Search Results - "Pickett, Steward T. A"

Quantifying spatiotemporal pattern of urban greenspace: new insights from high resolution data by Qian, Yuguo, Zhou, Weiqi, Yu, Wenjuan, Pickett, Steward T. A

“…CONTEXT: Urban greenspace provides myriad ecosystem services. To fully understand the ecological services provided by urban greenspace, it is crucial to first…”
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Predicting Opportunities for Greening and Patterns of Vegetation on Private Urban Lands by Troy, Austin R, Grove, J. Morgan, O'Neil-Dunne, Jarlath P. M, Pickett, Steward T. A, Cadenasso, Mary L

“…This paper examines predictors of vegetative cover on private lands in Baltimore, Maryland. Using high-resolution spatial data, we generated two measures:…”
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Accumulation of Carbon and Nitrogen in Residential Soils with Different Land-Use Histories by Raciti, Steve M, Groffman, Peter M, Jenkins, Jennifer C, Pouyat, Richard V, Fahey, Timothy J, Pickett, Steward T. A, Cadenasso, Mary L

“…Urban areas are growing in size and importance; however, we are only beginning to understand how the process of urbanization influences ecosystem dynamics. In…”
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90 years of forest cover change in an urbanizing watershed: spatial and temporal dynamics by Zhou, Weiqi, Huang, Ganlin, Pickett, Steward T. A., Cadenasso, M. L.

“…Landscape structure in the Eastern US experienced great changes in the last century with the expansion of forest cover into abandoned agricultural land and the…”
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The effects of the urban built environment on the spatial distribution of lead in residential soils by Schwarz, K., Pickett, Steward T.A., Lathrop, Richard G., Weathers, Kathleen C., Pouyat, Richard V., Cadenasso, Mary L.

“…Lead contamination of urban residential soils is a public health concern. Consequently, there is a need to delineate hotspots in the landscape to identify risk…”
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Accelerate Synthesis in Ecology and Environmental Sciences by Carpenter, Stephen R, Armbrust, E. Virginia, Arzberger, Peter W, Stuart Chapin, F, Elser, James J, Hackett, Edward J, Ives, Anthony R, Kareiva, Peter M, Leibold, Mathew A, Lundberg, Per, Mangel, Marc, Merchant, Nirav, Murdoch, William W, Palmer, Margaret A, Peters, Debra P. C, Pickett, Steward T. A, Smith, Kathleen K, Wall, Diana H, Zimmerman, Ann S

“…Ecology is a leading discipline in the synthesis of diverse knowledge. Ecologists have had considerable experience in bringing together diverse, multinational…”
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Beyond Urban Legends: An Emerging Framework of Urban Ecology, as Illustrated by the Baltimore Ecosystem Study by Pickett, Steward T. A., Cadenasso, Mary L., Grove, J. Morgan, Groffman, Peter M., Band, Lawrence E., Boone, Christopher G., Burch, William R., Grimmond, C. Susan B., Hom, John, Jenkins, Jennifer C., Law, Neely L., Nilon, Charles H., Pouyat, Richard V., Szlavecz, Katalin, Warren, Paige S., Wilson, Matthew A.

“…The emerging discipline of urban ecology is shifting focus from ecological processes embedded within cities to integrative studies of large urban areas as…”
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Integrating structure and function: mapping the hierarchical spatial heterogeneity of urban landscapes by Qian, Yuguo, Zhou, Weiqi, Pickett, Steward T. A., Yu, Wenjuan, Xiong, Dingpeng, Wang, Weimin, Jing, Chuanbao

“…Background Cities are social-ecological systems characterized by remarkably high spatial and temporal heterogeneity, which are closely related to myriad urban…”
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Preparing interdisciplinary leadership for a sustainable future by Boone, Christopher G., Pickett, Steward T. A., Bammer, Gabriele, Bawa, Kamal, Dunne, Jennifer A., Gordon, Iain J., Hart, David, Hellmann, Jessica, Miller, Alison, New, Mark, Ometto, Jean P., Taylor, Ken, Wendorf, Gabriele, Agrawal, Arun, Bertsch, Paul, Campbell, Colin, Dodd, Paul, Janetos, Anthony, Mallee, Hein

“…Urgent sustainability challenges require effective leadership for inter- and trans-disciplinary (ITD) institutions. Based on the diverse experiences of 20 ITD…”
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Advancing Urban Ecology toward a Science of Cities by McPHEARSON, TIMON, PICKETT, STEWARD T. A., GRIMM, NANCY B., NIEMELÄ, JARI, ALBERTI, MARINA, ELMQVIST, THOMAS, WEBER, CHRISTIANE, HAASE, DAGMAR, BREUSTE, JÜRGEN, QURESHI, SALMAN

“…Urban ecology is a field encompassing multiple disciplines and practical applications and has grown rapidly. However, the field is heterogeneous as a global…”
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Earth Stewardship: science for action to sustain the human‐earth system by Chapin, F. Stuart, Power, Mary E., Pickett, Steward T. A., Freitag, Amy, Reynolds, Julie A., Jackson, Robert B., Lodge, David M., Duke, Clifford, Collins, Scott L., Power, Alison G., Bartuska, Ann

“…Human activities affect Earth's life support systems so profoundly as to threaten many of the ecological services that are essential to society. To address…”
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Resilience of racialized segregation is an ecological factor: Baltimore case study by Pickett, Steward T. A., Grove, J. Morgan, Boone, Christopher G., Buckley, Geoffrey L.

“…Segregation by racialized categories is common to cities across the world and its social effects are well studied. However, the environmental effects—the…”
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From urban ecology to urban enquiry: How to build cumulative and context-sensitive understandings by Andersson, Erik, McPhearson, Timon, Pickett, Steward T. A.

“…This paper positions urban ecology as increasingly conversant with multiple perspectives and methods for understanding the functions and qualities of diverse…”
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Shifts in urban ecology: From science to social project by Frantzeskaki, Niki, Pickett, Steward T. A., Andersson, Erik

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Shifting concepts of urban spatial heterogeneity and their implications for sustainability by Zhou, Weiqi, Pickett, Steward T. A., Cadenasso, Mary L.

“…Context Spatial heterogeneity has myriad influences on ecosystem processes, ecosystem services, and thus the sustainability of urban areas. It acts as a medium…”
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Is successional research nearing its climax? New approaches for understanding dynamic communities by Meiners, Scott J., Cadotte, Marc W., Fridley, Jason D., Pickett, Steward T. A., Walker, Lawrence R.

“…Summary Succession has been a focus of extensive ecological study for well over a century. Despite this sustained interest, succession remains a central theme…”
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An optimum city size? The scaling relationship for urban population and fine particulate (PM2.5) concentration by Han, Lijian, Zhou, Weiqi, Pickett, Steward T.A., Li, Weifeng, Li, Li

“…We utilize the distribution of PM2.5 concentration and population in large cities at the global scale to illustrate the relationship between urbanization and…”
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The relational shift in urban ecology: From place and structures to multiple modes of coproduction for positive urban futures by Pickett, Steward T. A., Simone, AbdouMaliq T., Anderson, Pippin, Sharifi, Ayyoob, Barau, Aliyu, Hoover, Fushcia-Ann, Childers, Daniel L., McPhearson, Timon, Muñoz-Erickson, Tischa A., Pacteau, Chantal, Grove, Morgan, Frantzeskaki, Niki, Nagendra, Harini, Ginsberg, Joshua

“…This perspective emerged from ongoing dialogue among ecologists initiated by a virtual workshop in 2021. A transdisciplinary group of researchers and…”
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A comparison of three empirically based, spatially explicit predictive models of residential soil Pb concentrations in Baltimore, Maryland, USA: understanding the variability within cities by Schwarz, Kirsten, Weathers, Kathleen C., Pickett, Steward T. A., Lathrop, Richard G., Pouyat, Richard V., Cadenasso, Mary L.

“…In many older US cities, lead (Pb) contamination of residential soil is widespread; however, contamination is not uniform. Empirically based, spatially…”
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Shifting forward: Urban ecology in perspective by Pickett, Steward T. A., Frantzeskaki, Niki, Andersson, Erik, Barau, Aliyu Salisu, Childers, Daniel L., Hoover, Fushcia-Ann, Lugo, Ariel E., McPhearson, Timon, Nagendra, Harini, Schepers, Selina, Sharifi, Ayyoob

“…The world has become urban; cities increasingly shape our worldviews, relation to other species, and the large-scale, long-term decisions we make. Cities are…”
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