Search Results - "Whitlow, Thomas H"

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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Hydrology of the Brooklyn Grange, an urban rooftop farm by Harada, Yoshiki, Whitlow, Thomas H., Todd Walter, M., Bassuk, Nina L., Russell-Anelli, Jonathan, Schindelbeck, Robert R.

“…Intensive agriculture is an emerging theme of green roof technology. Production of affordable, nutritious vegetables for local consumption and stormwater…”
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Quantifying the effect of vegetation on near-road air quality using brief campaigns by Tong, Zheming, Whitlow, Thomas H., MacRae, Patrick F., Landers, Andrew J., Harada, Yoshiki

“…Many reports of trees' impacts on urban air quality neglect pattern and process at the landscape scale. Here, we describe brief campaigns to quantify the…”
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Urban trees, air quality, and asthma: An interdisciplinary review by Eisenman, Theodore S., Churkina, Galina, Jariwala, Sunit P., Kumar, Prashant, Lovasi, Gina S., Pataki, Diane E., Weinberger, Kate R., Whitlow, Thomas H.

“…•There is no scientific consensus that urban trees reduce asthma by improving air quality.•In some circumstances urban trees can degrade air quality and…”
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Introducing GLUSEEN: a new open access and experimental network in urban soil ecology by Pouyat, Richard V., Setälä, Heikki, Szlavecz, Katalin, Yesilonis, Ian D., Cilliers, Sarel, Hornung, Erzsébet, Yarwood, Stephanie, Kotze, D. Johan, Dombos, Miklós, McGuire, Michael P., Whitlow, Thomas H.

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A case study of air quality above an urban roof top vegetable farm by Tong, Zheming, Whitlow, Thomas H., Landers, Andrew, Flanner, Benjamin

“…The effect of elevation and rooftop configuration on local air quality was investigated at the Brooklyn Grange rooftop farm during a short-term observational…”
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Revealing historic invasion patterns and potential invasion sites for two non-native plant species by Barney, Jacob N, Whitlow, Thomas H, Lembo, Arthur J

“…The historical spatio-temporal distribution of invasive species is rarely documented, hampering efforts to understand invasion dynamics, especially at regional…”
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Urban Rooftop Agriculture: Challenges to Science and Practice by Harada, Yoshiki, Whitlow, Thomas H.

“…Urban green infrastructure includes both natural inputs and artificial supplements, including irrigation, synthetic substrates, and drainage layers. Green…”
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The Benefits and Limits of Urban Tree Planting for Environmental and Human Health by Pataki, Diane E., Alberti, Marina, Cadenasso, Mary L., Felson, Alexander J., McDonnell, Mark J., Pincetl, Stephanie, Pouyat, Richard V., Setälä, Heikki, Whitlow, Thomas H.

“…Many of the world’s major cities have implemented tree planting programs based on assumed environmental and social benefits of urban forests. Recent studies…”
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Fuel sensitivity of biomass cookstove performance by Deng, Lei, Torres-Rojas, Dorisel, Burford, Michael, Whitlow, Thomas H., Lehmann, Johannes, Fisher, Elizabeth M.

“…[Display omitted] •Fuel sensitivity is far lower in the two-chamber stove than in the TLUD stove.•The NO emission factor is positively related to the nitrogen…”
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The heavy metal budget of an urban rooftop farm by Harada, Yoshiki, Whitlow, Thomas H., Russell-Anelli, Jonathan, Walter, M. Todd, Bassuk, Nina L., Rutzke, Michael A.

“…Urban rooftop agriculture is a growing enterprise in the US with the goal of providing high quality, healthy, locally grown produce for city dwellers. However,…”
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unifying framework for biological invasions: the state factor model by Barney, Jacob N, Whitlow, Thomas H

“…Biological invasions are a fixture in our landscapes, with consequent losses in endemic biota and shifts in ecosystem function. Despite the historical…”
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Comments on “Modeled PM2.5 removal by trees in ten U.S. cities and associated health effects” by Nowak et al. (2013) by Whitlow, Thomas H., Pataki, Diane A., Alberti, Marina, Pincetl, Stephanie, Setala, Heikki, Cadenasso, Mary, Felson, Alexander, McComas, Katherine

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Impact of local traffic exclusion on near-road air quality: Findings from the New York City “Summer Streets” campaign by Whitlow, Thomas H., Hall, Andrew, Zhang, K. Max, Anguita, Juan

“…We monitored curbside airborne particulate matter (PM) concentrations and its proinflammatory capacity during 3 weekends when vehicle traffic was excluded from…”
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Rooftop Farm Soils for Sustainable Water and Nitrogen Management by Harada, Yoshiki, Whitlow, Thomas H., Bassuk, Nina L., Russell-Anelli, Jonathan

“…Rooftop farming intends to diversify options for enhancing sustainability of cities. From a policy perspective, vegetable production and stormwater management…”
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Evolution of an invasive phenotype: shift to belowground dominance and enhanced competitive ability in the introduced range by Barney, Jacob N, Whitlow, Thomas H, DiTommaso, Antonio

“…In response to novel selection pressures in an introduced range, non-native species may evolve more competitive phenotypes unique from those of their native…”
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Biogenic volatile organic compounds from an invasive species: impacts on plant-plant interactions by Barney, Jacob N, Sparks, Jed P, Greenberg, Jim, Whitlow, Thomas H, Guenther, Alex

“…Invasive plant species impact both ecosystems and economies worldwide, often by displacing native biota. Many plant species exude/emit compounds into the…”
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Nitrogen Biogeochemistry of an Urban Rooftop Farm by Harada, Yoshiki, Whitlow, Thomas H., Templer, Pamela H., Howarth, Robert W., Walter, M. Todd, Bassuk, Nina L., Russell-Anelli, Jonathan

“…Intensive agriculture represents a recent extension of green roof technology. Perceived ecosystem services provided by rooftop farming include stormwater…”
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An Improved Method for Using Electrolyte Leakage to Assess Membrane Competence in Plant Tissues by Whitlow, Thomas H., Bassuk, Nina L., Thomas G. Ranney, Reichert, Deborah L.

“…A new expression for ion leakage from plant tissue, the tissue ionic conductance ($g_{Ti}$), is compared with electrical conductivity (EC) and a commonly used…”
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Effects of leaf and sap feeding insects on photosynthetic rates of goldenrod by Meyer, G.A, Whitlow, T.H

“…Herbivory can alter the balance between sources and sinks within a plant, and changes in the source-sink ratio often lead to changes in plant photosynthetic…”
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