Urban ecological studies, including focus on cities, suburbs, and exurbs, while having deep
roots in the early to mid 20th century, have burgeoned in the last several decades. We use …

Cities are hotspots of anthropogenic activity and consumption. Thus, the consumption-based
carbon footprints of their residents are pronounced. However, the beneficial climate impacts …

Urban ecosystems are constantly evolving, and they are expected to change in both space
and time with active management or degradation. An urban watershed continuum …

Residential landscapes are a common setting of human-environment interactions. These
ubiquitous ecosystems provide social and ecological services, and yard maintenance leads …

Many cities are developing policies to promote greenery as a measure to reduce their net
greenhouse gas emissions. Studies suggest that urban forests may represent an important …

Cities play an important role in the global carbon cycle. They produce a large proportion of
CO2 emissions, but they also sequester and store carbon in urban forests and green space …

Nearly all ecosystems host diverse microbiomes that support vital ecosystem processes. At
the same time, these ecosystems and their microbiomes are increasingly altered by human …

Urban soils provide an array of ecosystem services to inhabitants of cities and towns.
Urbanization affects soils and their capacity to provide ecosystem services directly through …

Urbanization is widely presumed to degrade ecosystem services, but empirical evidence is
now challenging these assumptions. We report the first city-wide organic carbon (OC) …

Undisturbed grasslands can sequester significant quantities of organic carbon (OC) in soils.
Irrigation and fertilization enhance CO2 sequestration in managed turfgrass ecosystems but …