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In-ground Irrigation Systems Affect Lawn-watering Behaviors of Residential Homeowners [PDF]

HortTechnology, 2012
Urbanization is increasing the land area covered with turfgrasses, which may have implications for water quantity and quality. The largest sector of turfgrass is residential lawns. Our objectives were to compare lawn-irrigation perceptions, knowledge, and behaviors of residential homeowners with and without in-ground sprinkler systems (IGS and NIGS ...
Dale J. Bremer, Steven J. Keeley, Abigail Jager, Jack D. Fry, Cathie Lavis   +4 more
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Continental-scale homogenization of residential lawn plant communities

Landscape and Urban Planning, 2017
Residential lawns are highly managed ecosystems that occur in urbanized landscapes across the United States. Because they are ubiquitous, lawns are good systems in which to study the potential homogenizing effects of urban land use and management together with the continental-scale effects of climate on ecosystem structure and functioning.
Megan M. Wheeler, Christopher Neill, Peter M. Groffman, Meghan Avolio, Neil Bettez, Jeannine Cavender-Bares, Rinku Roy Chowdhury, Lindsay Darling, J. Morgan Grove, Sharon J. Hall, James B. Heffernan, Sarah E. Hobbie, Kelli L. Larson, Jennifer L. Morse, Kristen C. Nelson, Laura A. Ogden, Jarlath O’Neil-Dunne, Diane E. Pataki, Colin Polsky, Meredith Steele, Tara L.E. Trammell   +20 more
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A screening model for managing periodic pesticide application in residential lawn soils

Environmental Advances, 2021
To improve our understanding of the fate of pesticides after household applications and to promote lawn management practices, we have introduced a periodic modeling framework that can be simplified using a weighted approximate approach. The comparisons of the periodic model and approximate method using regular rainfall or irrigation conditions ...
Yuan Guo, Shenglan Xiao, Zijian Li
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Bermudagrass for Florida Lawns

EDIS, 2011
Bermudagrasses (Cynodon spp.) are among the most widely used warm-season grasses. Improved, fine-textured bermudagrasses are used throughout the south on golf courses, athletic fields, and in high-profile residential and commercial landscapes where a ...
Laurie E. Trenholm, John L. Cisar, J. Bryan Unruh   +2 more
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Evaluation of the requirement for passenger car parking spaces using multi-criteria methods

Journal of Civil Engineering and Management, 2013
The present situation shows that the parking infrastructure in residential areas of Vilnius does not satisfy the existing level of motorization. Every evening people come home from work and end up parking cars on lawns, cycle and pedestrian paths ...
Vytautas Palevičius, Gražvydas Mykolas Paliulis, Juratė Venckauskaitė, Boleslovas Vengrys   +3 more
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Soil Carbon Dynamics in Residential Lawns Converted from Appalachian Mixed Oak Stands [PDF]

Forests, 2014
The conversion of unmanaged forest land to homesites dominated by managed turfgrass lawns continues to increase and has large potential impacts on biogeochemical cycling. The conversion process from forest into mowed turfgrass involves a major disturbance to soil properties and shift in ecological conditions, which could affect soil physical, chemical ...
Campbell, Chad D., Seiler, John R., Wiseman, P. Eric, Strahm, Brian D., Munsell, John F.   +4 more
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Runoff Transport of Pyrethroids from a Residential Lawn in Central California

Journal of Environmental Quality, 2011
An irrigation runoff study on a residential lawn was conducted in California, northeast of Sacramento, during the summer and fall of 2008 to investigate the contribution of turf uses of pyrethroids to residues in Californian urban creek sediments. This study examined how over irrigation (i.e., irrigation that produces runoff) in the summer season may ...
John P, Hanzas, Russell L, Jones, Jeffrey W, White   +2 more
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How To Identify the Wildlife Species Responsible for Damage in Your Yard

EDIS, 2012
Although many homeowners enjoy wildlife in their yards, there are situations where wildlife can become a nuisance. In some circumstances, wild animals can cause extensive damage to lawns and gardens.
Holly K. Ober, Arlo Kane
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Neighborhood social environments and mental health among youth and adults in public housing

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Neighborhoods influence health in part through social processes. However, little is known about how multiple neighborhood social processes co‐occur, or about within (vs. between) neighborhood variation in social processes and health. This study asked how residents of a large public housing development describe their neighborhood and used ...
Jane Leer, Lindsay Lanteri, Rebekah Levine Coley, Samantha Teixeira   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

From yards to cities: a simple and generalizable probabilistic framework for upscaling outdoor water conservation behavior

Environmental Research Letters, 2020
Outdoor watering of lawns accounts for about half of single-family residential potable water demand in the arid southwest United States. Consequently, many water utilities in the region offer customers cash rebates to replace lawns with drought tolerant ...
Stanley B Grant, Kimberly Duong, Megan A Rippy, Gregory Pierce, David Feldman, Enrique Zanetti, Amy McNulty   +6 more
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