Urban areas are facing a range of environmental challenges including air, water and soil
pollution as a result of industrial, domestic and traffic emissions. In addition, global climate …

Turfgrasses are those grasses that tolerate frequent mowing. The act of mowing turfgrasses,
primarily lawn mowing, has received much negative attention primarily due to its labor …

To meet climate goals, significant reductions in residential building greenhouse gas
emissions are necessary. Individual and household decisions regarding appliances and …

Residential lawncare is understood to be a multi-scale process. In this article, we estimate a
statistical model of household fertilizer decisions that characterizes household-and …

Flower gardens can create valuable habitat for urban pollinators, but little is known about the
existing spatial pattern of gardens on the landscape, or factors associated with the decision …

Humans have drastically modified marine nearshore ecosystems through shoreline
armoring. Armor, in the form of seawalls and bulkheads, reduces the mean abundance of …

Urban ecological studies have the potential to expand our understanding of socioecological
systems beyond that of an individual city or region. Cross‐comparative empirical work and …

Aims The restoration of unused urban‐industrial areas has great conservation potential as it
can sometimes create a win‐win situation in terms of nature conservation and economic …

Conserving water in California landscapes is critical due to a limited water supply, recurring
droughts, and the energy use and costs of transporting water from northern to southern …

The ecological impacts of changes to land use are relevant to concerns about climate
change, eutrophication of waterbodies, and reductions in biodiversity. As a foundational …