Ecological homogenization of urban USA

PM Groffman, J Cavender-Bares… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
A visually apparent but scientifically untested outcome of land‐use change is
homogenization across urban areas, where neighborhoods in different parts of the country …

Macrosystems ecology: understanding ecological patterns and processes at continental scales

JB Heffernan, PA Soranno… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Macrosystems ecology is the study of diverse ecological phenomena at the scale of regions
to continents and their interactions with phenomena at other scales. This emerging …

Addressing data integration challenges to link ecological processes across scales

EF Zipkin, ER Zylstra, AD Wright… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Data integration is a statistical modeling approach that incorporates multiple data sources
within a unified analytical framework. Macrosystems ecology–the study of ecological …

[Књига][B] Foundations of restoration ecology

MA Palmer, JB Zedler, DA Falk - 2016 - Springer
This second edition provides the latest emerging theories and ideas in the science of
restoration ecology. Fully one-third longer than the first edition and comprehensive in scope …

Statistically reinforced machine learning for nonlinear patterns and variable interactions

M Ryo, MC Rillig - Ecosphere, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Most statistical models assume linearity and few variable interactions, even though real‐
world ecological patterns often result from nonlinear and highly interactive processes. We …

Cross‐scale interactions: quantifying multi‐scaled cause–effect relationships in macrosystems

PA Soranno, KS Cheruvelil, EG Bissell… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Ecologists are increasingly discovering that ecological processes are made up of
components that are multi‐scaled in space and time. Some of the most complex of these …

Ecological theory and restoration ecology

MA Palmer, JB Zedler, DA Falk - Foundations of restoration ecology, 2016 - Springer
Rather than explaining ecosystem structure and function under a single “unified theory,”
ecologists deploy a strong and diverse body of theory to address a wide range of ecological …

Improving the culture of interdisciplinary collaboration in ecology by expanding measures of success

SJ Goring, KC Weathers, WK Dodds… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Interdisciplinary collaboration is essential to understand ecological systems at scales critical
to human decision making. Current reward structures are problematic for scientists engaged …

Quantifying the influences of various ecological factors on land surface temperature of urban forests

Y Ren, LY Deng, SD Zuo, XD Song, YL Liao… - Environmental …, 2016 - Elsevier
Identifying factors that influence the land surface temperature (LST) of urban forests can help
improve simulations and predictions of spatial patterns of urban cool islands. This requires a …

Continental‐scale tree‐ring‐based projection of Douglas‐fir growth: Testing the limits of space‐for‐time substitution

S Klesse, RJ DeRose, F Babst, BA Black… - Global Change …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
A central challenge in global change research is the projection of the future behavior of a
system based upon past observations. Tree‐ring data have been used increasingly over the …