Ponte, S.A., Oishi, C., Sonti, N.F., Locke, D.H., Phillips, T.H., Pavao-Zuckerman, M.A.. (2024). Interactions between management context and tree water use influence stormwater management potential of urban forests. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 95(July 2023), 128321. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.2024.128321 [LINK]
Kondo, M. C., Locke, D.H., Hazer, M., Mendelson, T., Fix, R. L., Joshi, A., Latshaw, M., Fry, D., & Mmari, K. (2024). A greening theory of change: How neighborhood greening impacts adolescent health disparities. August 2023, 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajcp.12735 [LINK]
Locke, D.H., Grove, J.M., Pickett, S.T.A. (2023). The Role of Urban Tree Canopies in Environmental Justice and Conserving Biodiversity. In: Urban Biodiversity and Equity: Justice-Centered Conservation in Cities. Edited by: Max R. Lambert & Christopher J. Schell, Oxford University Press. (2023). DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780198877271.003.0006 [LINK]
Groffman, P. M., Suchy, A. K., Locke, D. H., Johnston, R. J., Newburn, D. A., Gold, A. J., Band, L. E., Duncan, J., Grove, J. M., Kao-kniffin, J., Meltzer, H., & Ndebele, T. (2023). Hydro-bio-geo-socio-chemical interactions and the sustainability of residential landscapes. PNAS Nexus, 2(10), 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1093/pnasnexus/pgad316
Locke, D.H., Fix, R.L., Gobaud, A.N., Morrison, C.N., Jay, J., Kondo, M. (2023). Vacant building removals associated with relative reductions in violent and property crimes in Baltimore, MD 2014-2019. Journal of Urban Health. doi.org/10.1007/s11524-023-00758-3. [LINK]
Suchy, A. K., Groffman, P. M., Band, L. E., Duncan, J. M., Gold, A. J., Grove, J. M., Locke, D. H., Templeton, L., & Zhang, R. (2023). Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Nitrogen Mobilization in Residential Lawns. Ecosystems. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10021-023-00848-y [LINK]
Anderson, E.C., Locke, D.H., Pickett, S.T.A., LaDeau, S.L.. (2023). Just Street Trees? Street trees are larger, more diverse, and offer more unique species in wealthier, denser neighborhoods. Ecosphere. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.4389
Suchy, A., Anderson, E., Fork, M., Lin, L., Locke, D.H., Groffman, P.M., Grove, J.M., LaDeau, S., Rosi, E.. (2023). More green, fewer problems: Landcover relates to perception of environmental problems. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. https://doi.org/10.1002/fee.2596
Burghardt, K., Avolio, M., Locke, D.H., Grove, J.M., Sonti, N.F., Swan, C.M.. (2022). Current Street Tree Communities Reflect Race-based Housing Policy and Modern Attempts to Remedy Environmental Injustice. Ecology. doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3881 [LINK]
Ryan, C.D., Groffman, P.M., Grove, J.M., Hall, S.J., Heffernan J.B., Hobbie, S.E., Locke, D.H., Morese, J.L., Neill, C., Nelson, K., O’Neil-Dunne, J.P.M., Roy-Chowdhury, R., Steele, M.K., Trammell, T.L.E.. (2022). Ecological homogenization of soil properties in the American Residential Macrosystem. Ecosphere. 10.1002/ecs2.4208 [LINK]
Morzillo, A. T., Campbell, L. K., King, K. L., Lautar, K. J., Scott, L., Johnson, M. L., Clarke, M., Rhodes, L., Pincetl, S., Sonti, N. F., Locke, D. H., Paul, J., Fahey, R. T., Baker, M. E., Darling, L., & Johnson, L. R. (2022). A tale of urban forest patch governance in four eastern US[…]
Kvit, A., Corrigan, A.E., Locke, D.H., Curriero, F., Mmari, K., (2022). Can restoring vacant lots help reduce crime in Baltimore? A close examination of one program. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening. doi:10.1016/j.ufug.2022.127630 [LINK]
Lerman, S.B., Narango, D.L., Avolio, M.L., Bratt, A.R., Engebrestson, J.M., Groffman, P.M., Hall, S.J., Heffernan, J.B., Hobbie, S.E., Larson, K.L., Locke, D.H., Heffernan, J.B., Neill, C., Nelson, K.C., Cubino, J.P., Trammell, T.L.E.. (2021) Residential yard management and landscape cover affect urban bird community composition at a continental scale. Ecological Applications. e02455 [LINK]
Locke, D.H., Hall, B., Grove, J.M., Pickett, S., Ogden, L., Aoki, C., Boone, C., O’Neil-Dunne, J.P., (2020). Residential housing segregation and urban tree canopy in 37 US Cities. npj Urban Sustain. 10.1038/s42949-021-00022-0 [LINK]
Suchy, A.K,. Groffman, P.M., Band, L.E., Duncan, J.M., Gold, A.J., Grove, J.M., Locke, D.H., Templeton, L. (2021) A landscape approach to nitrogen cycling in urban lawns reveals the interaction between topography and human behaviors. Biogeochemistry. doi: 10.1007/s10533-020-00738-8 [LINK]
Larson, K.L., Andrade, R., Nelson, K.C., Wheeler, M.W., Engebreston, J., Hall, S.J., Avolio, M.L., Lerman, S.B., Groffman, P.M., Grove, J.M., Heffernan, J.B., Hobbie, S.E., Locke, D.H., Neill, C., Roy Chowdhury, R., Trammell, T.L.E.. (2020). Municipal Regulation of Residential Landscapes across US Cities:Patterns and Implications for Landscape Sustainability. Journal of Environmental Management [LINK]
Johnson, L.R., Johnson, M.L., Aronson, M.F.J., Campbell, L.K., Carr, M.E., Clarke, M., D’Amico, V., Darling, L., Erker, T., Fahey, Lautar, K., Locke, D.H., Morzillo, A.T., Pincetl, S., Rhodes, L., Schmit, J-P., Scott, L., Sonti, N.F.. (2020). Conceptualizing Social-Ecological Drivers of Change in Urban Forest Patches. Urban Ecosystems. doi:10.1007/s11252-020-00977-5 [LINK]
Engebretson, J., Nelson, K., Ogden, L., Larson, K., Grove, J.M., Hall, S., Locke, D.H., Pataki, D., Roy Chowdhury, R., Trammell, T., Groffman, M.. (2020). How the nonhuman world influences homeowner yard management in the American residential macrosystem. Human Ecology [LINK]
Avolio, M. L., Blanchette, A., Sonti, N. F., Locke, D. H.. (2020). Time is not money: Income is more important than lifestage for explaining patterns of residential yard plant community structure and diversity in Baltimore. Frontiers in Ecology And Evolution. doi: 10.3389/fevo.2020.00085 [LINK]
Locke, D.H., York, A.M., Grove, J.M.. (2020). Know your watershed and know your neighbor: paths to supporting stormwater management in Baltimore, MD and Phoenix, AZ. Landscape and Urban Planning. doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2019.103714 [LINK]
Browning, M.H.E.M., Locke, D.H. (2020). The greenspace-academic performance link varies by remote sensing measure and urbanicity around Maryland Public Schools. Landscape and Urban Planning. doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2019.103706 [LINK]
Locke, D.H., Polsky, C., Grove, J. M., Groffman, P. M., Nelson, K.C., Larson, K. L., Cavender-Bares, J., Heffernan, J. B., Roy Chowdhury, R., Hobbie, S. E., Bettez, N., Neill, C., Ogden, L.A., O’Neil-Dunne, J. P. M.. (2019). Residential household yard care practices along urban-exurban gradients in six climatically-diverse U.S. metropolitan areas. PLoS ONE doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0222630 [LINK]
Johnson, M.L., Locke, D.H., Svendsen, E.S., Campbell, L.K., Westphal, L., Romolini, M., Grove, J.M. (2019). Context matters, but the organizational landscape is more important for explaining civic environmental stewardship group intensity in four major US cities. Ecology and Society. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-10924-240401 [LINK]
Groffman, P. M., Grove, J.M., Locke, D.H., Troy, A., O’Neil-Dunne, J.P.M., Zhou, W.. (2019). Chapter 13: Lawns as Common Ground for the Flux of Water and Nutrients in Science for the Sustainable City: Empirical Insights from the Baltimore School of Urban Ecology. Yale University Press. [LINK]
Locke, D.H., Roy Chowdhury, R., Grove, J. M., Martin, D.G., Goldman, E., Rogan, J., Groffman, P.M.. (2018). Social norms, yard care, and the difference between front and back yard management: examining the Landscape Mullets concept on urban residential lands. Society and Natural Resources. doi:10.1080/08941920.2018.1481549 [LINK]
Locke, D.H., Avolio, M., Trammel, T.L.E., Roy Chowdhury, R., Grove, J.M., Rogan, J., Martin, D.G., Bettez, N., Cavender-Bares, J., Groffman, P.M., Hall, S.J., Heffernan, J.B., Hobbie, S.E., Larson, K.L., Morse, J.L., Neill, C., Nelson, K.C., Ogden, L.A., O’Neil-Dunne, J.P.M., Pataki, D., Pearse, W., Polsky, C., Wheeler, M.M.. (2018). A Multi-City Comparison of Front and Backyard[…]
Ogden, L.A., Aoki, C., Grove, J.M., Locke, D.H., Hall, W., Sonti, N.F., Pickett, S.T.A., Avins, M., Lautar, K., Lagrosa, J (2018). Landscape Ethnography: Understanding the Political and Ecological Dynamics of Urban Forests in Baltimore. Urban Ecosystems. doi:10.1007/s11252-018-0744-z [LINK]
Grove, J.M., Ogden, L.A., Pickett, S.T.A., Boone, C.G., Buckley, G.L., Locke, D.H. and Lord, C.. [In Press]. The Legacy Effect: Understanding how segregation and environmental injustice unfold over time in Baltimore. Annals of the American Association of Geographers Special Issue on “Social Justice and the City.” [LINK]
Groffman, P. M. , Avolio, M., Cavender-Bares, J., Bettez, N. D., Grove, J. M., Hall, S., Hobbie, S., Larson, K.L., Lerman, S., Locke, D.H., Heffernan, J., Morse, J. L., Neil, C., Nelson, K., O’Neil-Dunne, J. P. M., Pataki, D., Polsky, C., Pouyat, R. V., Roy Chowdhury, R., Steele, M., Trammell, T. L. E.. (2017). Ecological[…]
Locke, D.H.. (2017). A New Look at Residential Ecosystems Management: Heterogeneous Practices and the Landscape Mullets Concept (Doctoral Dissertation). [LINK to submitted draft]
Chuang, W-C., Boone, C. G., Locke, D.H., Grove, J. M., Buckley, G. L., Whitmer, A., Zhang.. (2017) Tree canopy change and neighborhood stability: A comparative analysis of Washington, D.C. and Baltimore, MD. Accepted at Urban Forestry and Urban Greening on March 28, 2017. [LINK]
Nguyen, V. D., Roman, L. A., Locke, D. H., Mincey, S. K., Sanders, J., Fichman, E. S., … Tobing, S. L. (2017). Branching out to residential lands: missions and strategies of five tree distribution programs in the U.S. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 22, 1–24. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.2017.01.007 [LINK]
Svendsen, E.S., Campbell, L.K., Fisher, D.R., Connolly, J.J.T., Johnson, M.L., Sonti, N.F., Locke, D.H., Westphal, L.M., LeBlanc F.C., Grove, J.M., Romolini, M., Blahna, D.J., Wolf, K.L.. (2016). Stewardship mapping and assessment project: a framework for understanding community-based environmental stewardship. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-156. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station.[…]
Groffman, P. M., Grove, J. M., Polsky, C., Bettez, N. D., Morse, J. L., C-B, J., Hall, S. J., Heffernan, J. B., Hobbie, S. E., Larson, K. L., Neill, C., Nelson, K., Ogden, L., O’Neil-Dunne, J. P. M., Pataki, D., Roy Chowdhury, R., and Locke, D. H.. (2016). Satisfaction, water and fertilizer use in the[…]
Locke, D. H., and Grove, J. M.. (2014). Doing the Hard Work Where It’s Easiest? Examining the relationships between urban greening programs and social and ecological characteristics. Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy. DOI: 10.1007/s12061-014-9131-1 [LINK]
Locke, D. H., Grove, J. M., Galvin, M. F., O’Neil-Dunne, J. P. M., & Murphy, C.. (2013). Applications of Urban Tree Canopy Assessment and Prioritization Tools: Supporting Collaborative Decision Making to Achieve Urban Sustainability Goals. Cities and the Environment (CATE), 6(1). [LINK]
Romolini, M., Grove, J. M., & Locke, D. H.. (2013). Assessing and comparing relationships between urban environmental stewardship networks and land cover in Baltimore and Seattle. Landscape and Urban Planning, 120, 190–207. doi:10.1016/j.landurbplan.2013.08.008 [LINK]