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Carbon dioxide dynamics in a residential lawn of a tropical city

Journal of Environmental Management, 2021
Turfgrass is an important component of the urban landscape frequently considered as an alternative land cover to offset anthropogenic CO2 emissions. However, quantitative information of the potential to directly remove CO2 from the atmosphere by turfgrass systems is lacking, especially in the tropics.
Erik Velasco, Elvagris Segovia, Amy M.F. Choong, Benjamin K.Y. Lim, Rodrigo Vargas   +4 more
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Residential Lawn Irrigation Management

Transactions of the ASAE, 1984
ABSTRACT WATER application, distribution uniformity, irrigation water use, and management efficiency were measured on 20 private lawns in Logan, Utah. Lawn quality was evaluated weekly. Results of distribution uniformity for hand-move and solid-set sprinkler systems were compared.
null Reza Aurasteh, null M. Jafari, null L.S. Willardson   +2 more
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Infiltration Characteristics of Residential Lawns

Transactions of the ASAE, 1993
Sixty-minute, constant-intensity simulated rains were applied to seven infiltration treatments designed to evaluate the influence of stripping and compaction on home lawns. Three treatments simulated home lawn construction practices. The control treatment was undisturbed, the “stripped” treatment had the topsoil removed and replaced, and the “compacted”
null C. M. Partsch, null A. R. Jarrett, null T. L. Watschke   +2 more
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The role of knowledge in residential lawn management

Urban Ecosystems, 2014
Researchers have long argued that environmental knowledge is a necessary component for improving individual environmental behavior. We take up this discussion in the context of homeowner lawn management. Using survey data from a 2011 yard care study conducted in the Minneapolis-Saint Paul metro area, we explore the level of knowledge homeowners possess
Nicholas F. Martini, Kristen C. Nelson
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Residential lawn alternatives: a study of their distribution, form and structure

Landscape and Urban Planning, 1998
This study sought to understand the prevalence and characteristics of residential lawn alternatives in a medium-sized southern Ontario city. In the Fall of 1995, all front yards in the city of Guelph, Ontario (n=19 901), were surveyed to determine the number, distribution and qualities of lawn alternatives.
Scott P.B. Henderson, Nathan H. Perkins, Maurice Nelischer   +2 more
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Drivers of soil carbon in residential ‘pure lawns’ in Auburn, Alabama

Urban Ecosystems, 2013
Urban land area is expanding worldwide and may contribute to long-term carbon (C) storage; however, little is known about potential drivers of soil C in urban areas. Residential areas are one of the largest urban land use zones and lawns can provide stable chronosequences for studying soil C dynamics.
Ann Huyler, Arthur H. Chappelka, Stephen A. Prior, Greg L. Somers   +3 more
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Plant nitrogen concentration and isotopic composition in residential lawns across seven US cities

Oecologia, 2016
Human drivers are often proposed to be stronger than biophysical drivers in influencing ecosystem structure and function in highly urbanized areas. In residential land cover, private yards are influenced by individual homeowner preferences and actions while also experiencing large-scale human and biophysical drivers.
T L E, Trammell, D E, Pataki, J, Cavender-Bares, P M, Groffman, S J, Hall, J B, Heffernan, S E, Hobbie, J L, Morse, C, Neill, K C, Nelson   +9 more
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Modeling Residential Lawn Fertilization Practices: Integrating High Resolution Remote Sensing with Socioeconomic Data

Environmental Management, 2008
This article investigates how remotely sensed lawn characteristics, such as parcel lawn area and parcel lawn greenness, combined with household characteristics, can be used to predict household lawn fertilization practices on private residential lands.
Weiqi, Zhou, Austin, Troy, Morgan, Grove
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Can Money Buy Green? Demographic and Socioeconomic Predictors of Lawn-Care Expenditures and Lawn Greenness in Urban Residential Areas

Society & Natural Resources, 2009
It is increasingly important to understand how household characteristics influence lawn characteristics, as lawns play an important ecological role in human-dominated landscapes. This article investigates household and neighborhood socioeconomic characteristics as predictors of residential lawn-care expenditures and lawn greenness.
Weiqi Zhou, Austin Troy, J. Morgan Grove, Jennifer C. Jenkins   +3 more
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Comparison of Soil Carbon Dioxide Efflux between Residential Lawns and Corn Fields

Soil Science Society of America Journal, 2013
Soil carbon dioxide efflux is impacted by urbanization but few studies have directly examined it in contrasting human‐dominated land uses. We tested the hypothesis that soil carbon dioxide efflux would be greater in residential lawns than corn fields in Lancaster County, PA, by measuring soil carbon dioxide efflux, soil temperature,
David R. Bowne, Erin R. Johnson
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