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| Lerman, Susannah B; The Graduate Program in Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, University of Massachusetts; slerman@cns.umass.edu; Turner, Victoria Kelly; School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning, Arizona State University; vkturner@asu.edu; Bang, Christofer; School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University; christofer.bang@gmail.com. |
| The loss of habitat due to suburban and urban development represents one of the greatest threats to biodiversity. Conservation developments have emerged as a key player for reconciling new ex-urban residential development with ecosystem services. However, as more than half of the world population lives in urban and suburban developments, identifying conservation partners to facilitate retrofitting existing residential neighborhoods becomes paramount. Homeowner associations (HOA) manage a significant proportion of residential developments in the United States, which includes the landscape design for yards and gardens. These areas have the potential to mitigate the loss of urban biodiversity when they provide habitat for native wildlife. Therefore, the... |
| Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports |
Palavras-chave: CAP LTER; Conservation development; Homeowner associations; Residential landscapes; Sustainable Sites Initiative; Urban biodiversity. |
| Ano: 2012 |
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| Cooper, Caren B; Cornell Lab of Ornithology; cbc25@cornell.edu; Dickinson, Janis; Cornell Lab of Ornithology;; Phillips, Tina; Cornell Lab of Ornithology;; Bonney, Rick; Cornell Lab of Ornithology;. |
| Human activities, such as mining, forestry, and agriculture, strongly influence processes in natural systems. Because conservation has focused on managing and protecting wildlands, research has focused on understanding the indirect influence of these human activities on wildlands. Although a conservation focus on wildlands is critically important, the concept of residential area as an ecosystem is relatively new, and little is known about the potential of such areas to contribute to the conservation of biodiversity. As urban sprawl increases, it becomes urgent to construct a method to research and improve the impacts of management strategies for residential landscapes. If the cumulative activities of individual property owners could help conserve... |
| Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Insight |
Palavras-chave: Citizen science; Cumulative effects; Residential landscapes; Urban ecology. |
| Ano: 2007 |
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