How Many Principles of Urban Ecology Are There?
By Steward T.A. Pickett (Cary Institute) & Mary L. Cadenasso (University of California Davis)In 2008, we published a short paper on the principles of urban ecology (Cadenasso and Pickett 2008). It was aimed at landscape architects…
Urban Ecology at the 2016 Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America
The meeting takes place in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, from 7-12 August. The meeting theme is Novel Ecosystems in the Anthropocene. Certainly this theme is right in our urban niche! Details of the meeting can be found at http://esa.org/ftlauderdale/The…
Community Awareness and Field Safety Training
Every year, about this time, the Baltimore Ecosystem Study hosts its Community Awareness and Field Safety training. We expect that every new participant in BES, whether student or senior professor, participate in this event the first year…
BES Adopts a Co-Directorship Model
Preparing for transitions in leadership in Long-Term Ecological Research projects is a big job. The Baltimore Ecosystem Study (BES) has been preparing for its leadership succession since 2013. Emma agreed at that time to become…
Yes, But What Theory Are You Testing?
Urban ecology talks and papers often begin with statements like these:More than half the world's human population now lives in cities.Urban areas in the United States cover 3% of the country's area.Cities are harbingers of global warming, and…
The Invisible in the City
Much that happens in cities -- urban areas more broadly -- is not obvious to the naked eye or to casual observation. The invisible things in urban social-ecological systems represent four key dimensions: social processes and their legacies;…
