Journal
FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT
Volume 12, Issue 1, Pages 74-81Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1890/120374
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- MacroSystems Biology Program in the Emerging Frontiers Division of the Biological Sciences Directorate at NSF
- Ecological Homogenization of Urban America project [EF-1065548, 1065737, 1065740, 1065741, 1065772, 1065785, 1065831, 121238320]
- NSF Long Term Ecological Research Program [DEB-0423476]
- Phoenix [BCS-1026865, DEB-0423704, DEB-9714833]
- Plum Island (Boston) [OCE-1058747, 1238212]
- Cedar Creek (Minneapolis-St Paul) [DEB-0620652]
- Florida Coastal Everglades (Miami) [DBI-0620409]
- Direct For Biological Sciences
- Emerging Frontiers [1065737, 1302967, 1065740, 1065772] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
- Direct For Biological Sciences
- Emerging Frontiers [1065785, 1065548, 1258503, 1238320, 1559611] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
- Direct For Social, Behav & Economic Scie
- Divn Of Social and Economic Sciences [0951366] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
- Directorate For Geosciences
- Division Of Ocean Sciences [1238212] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
- Division Of Environmental Biology
- Direct For Biological Sciences [1237517, 1027188] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
- Division Of Environmental Biology
- Direct For Biological Sciences [1026865, 1234162] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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A visually apparent but scientifically untested outcome of land-use change is homogenization across urban areas, where neighborhoods in different parts of the country have similar patterns of roads, residential lots, commercial areas, and aquatic features. We hypothesize that this homogenization extends to ecological structure and also to ecosystem functions such as carbon dynamics and microclimate, with continental-scale implications. Further, we suggest that understanding urban homogenization will provide the basis for understanding the impacts of urban land-use change from local to continental scales. Here, we show how multi-scale, multi-disciplinary datasets from six metropolitan areas that cover the major climatic regions of the US (Phoenix, AZ; Miami, FL; Baltimore, MD; Boston, MA; Minneapolis-St Paul, MN; and Los Angeles, CA) can be used to determine how household and neighborhood characteristics correlate with land-management practices, land-cover composition, and landscape structure and ecosystem functions at local, regional, and continental scales.
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