Unequal access to social, environmental, and health amenities in urban parks

Winkler, R.L., Clark, J.A.G., Locke, D.H., Kremer, P., Aronson, M.F.J., Hoover, F.-A., J.H. Joo, La Rosa, D., KangJae J.L., Lerman, S.B., Pearsall, H., Vargo, T., Lepczyk, C., Nilon, C.. (2024). Unequal access to social, environmental, and health amenities in urban parks. Nature Cities. https://www.nature.com/articles/s44284-024-00153-2 [LINK] Data https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2024-0039

How do urban trees vary across the USA: It depends on where and how you look

Mejia, G., Groffman, P., Avolio, M., Bratt, A., Engebreston, J., Grijseels, N., Hall, S., Hobbie, S., Lerman, S., Litvak, E., Locke, D.H., Narango, D.,Padullés C.J., Pataki, D., Trammell, T.. (2024). How do urban trees vary across the USA: It depends on where and how you look. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. doi:10.1002/fee.2777 [LINK]

Ecological homogenization of soil properties in the American residential macrosystem

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]

Residential yard management and landscape cover affect urban bird community composition at a continental scale

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]

Spatial contagion structures urban vegetation from parcel to landscape.

Locke, D.H., Ossola, A., Minor, E., Lin, B.. (2021) Spatial contagion structures urban vegetation from parcel to landscape. People and Nature. 00(August 2020): 1–15. doi.org/10.1002/pan3.10254 [LINK] metadata, data, and reproducible code available here via Locke, D. H., Ossola, A., Minor, E., & Lin, B. (2021). Yards, block groups, and vegetationcover measures. Dryad Digital Repository, https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.jdfn2z3bbOr https://www.fs.usda.gov/rds/archive/catalog/RDS-ext-2021-0003

Residential housing segregation and urban tree canopy in 37 US Cities

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]

Municipal Regulation of Residential Landscapes across US Cities: Patterns and Implications for Landscape Sustainability.

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]

Residential household yard care practices along urban-exurban gradients in six climatically-diverse U.S. metropolitan areas

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]

Urban form, architecture and the structure of front and backyard vegetation.

Ossola, A., Locke, D. H., Lin, B., & Minor, E. (2019). Urban form, architecture and the structure of front and backyard vegetation. Landscape and Urban Planning, 185(November 2018), 141–157. doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2019.02.014 [LINK]