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43
Citations
6804
World Ranking
7126
National Ranking
2539

Overview

Kelli L. Larson is affiliated with Arizona State University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with a considerable output of 63 publications in this field.

Their work encompasses several subfields including Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis; Global and Planetary Change; Social Psychology; Ecology; and Sociology and Political Science. This multidisciplinary approach reflects an integration of ecological, social, and health-related perspectives within environmental studies.

Major research topics addressed by Larson cover diverse subjects such as Urban Green Space and Health, Land Use and Ecosystem Services, Animal and Plant Science Education, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Urban Agriculture and Sustainability, and Place Attachment and Urban Studies.

Frequent publication venues for Larson include Landscape and Urban Planning and Urban Ecosystems, each with four publications. Other common journals are Ecological Applications, Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, and Sustainability, with three publications each.

Collaborative work is significant in Larson's research profile, with frequent co-authors including Susannah B. Lerman, Riley Andrade, Sharon J. Hall, Megan M. Wheeler, and Heather L. Bateman.

Recent published papers demonstrate the scope and focus of Larson's work:

  • "Wealth and urbanization shape medium and large terrestrial mammal communities," 2021, Global Change Biology
  • "Do Neighborhood Walkability, Transit, and Parks Relate to Residents' Life Satisfaction?", 2020, Journal of the American Planning Association
  • "Residential yard management and landscape cover affect urban bird community diversity across the continental USA," 2021, Ecological Applications
  • "Municipal regulation of residential landscapes across US cities: Patterns and implications for landscape sustainability," 2020, Journal of Environmental Management
  • "Examining the potential to expand wildlife-supporting residential yards and gardens," 2022, Landscape and Urban Planning

Best Publications

  • Ecological Homogenization of Urban USA

    Peter M. Groffman;Jeannine M Cavender-Bares;Neil D. Bettez;J. Morgan Grove

  • Residential landscapes as social-ecological systems: a synthesis of multi-scalar interactions between people and their home environment

    Elizabeth M. Cook;Sharon J. Hall;Kelli L. Larson

  • Educating for Sustainability: Competencies & Practices for Transformative Action

    Erin Redman;Kelli Larson

  • Credibility, salience, and legitimacy of boundary objects: water managers' assessment of a simulation model in an immersive decision theater

    Dave D White;Amber Wutich;Kelli L Larson;Patricia Gober

  • Residents’ Yard Choices and Rationales in a Desert City: Social Priorities, Ecological Impacts, and Decision Tradeoffs

    Kelli L. Larson;David Casagrande;Sharon L. Harlan;Scott Thomas Yabiku

  • Water, People, and Sustainability—A Systems Framework for Analyzing and Assessing Water Governance Regimes

    Arnim Wiek;Kelli L. Larson

  • Ecosystem Processes and Human Influences Regulate Streamflow Response to Climate Change at Long-Term Ecological Research Sites

    Julia A. Jones;Irena F. Creed;Kendra L. Hatcher;Robert J. Warren

  • Geography of international water conflict and cooperation: Data sets and applications

    Shira Yoffe;Greg Fiske;Mark Giordano;Meredith Giordano

  • Assessing the homogenization of urban land management with an application to US residential lawn care

    Colin Polsky;J. Morgan Grove;Chris Knudson;Peter M. Groffman

  • Participants and non-participants of place-based groups: An assessment of attitudes and implications for public participation in water resource management

    Kelli L. Larson;Denise Lach

  • A Multi-Scalar Approach to Theorizing Socio-Ecological Dynamics of Urban Residential Landscapes

    Rinku Roy Chowdhury;Kelli Larson;Morgan Grove;Colin Polsky

  • Ecosystem services in managing residential landscapes: priorities, value dimensions, and cross-regional patterns

    K. L. Larson;Kristen C Nelson;S. R. Samples;S. J. Hall

  • The Influence of Diverse Values, Ecological Structure, and Geographic Context on Residents’ Multifaceted Landscaping Decisions

    Kelli L. Larson;Elizabeth Cook;Colleen Strawhacker;Sharon J. Hall

  • Continental-scale homogenization of residential lawn plant communities

    Megan M. Wheeler;Megan M. Wheeler;Christopher Neill;Christopher Neill;Peter M. Groffman;Meghan Avolio

  • Convergence of Microclimate in Residential Landscapes Across Diverse Cities in the United States

    Sharon J. Hall;J. Learned;Benjamin L. Ruddell;K. L. Larson

  • Divergent perspectives on water resource sustainability in a public-policy-science context

    Kelli Larson;Dave White;Patricia Gober;Sharon Harlan

  • The Mirage in the Valley of the Sun

    Paul Hirt;Annie Gustafson;Kelli L Larson

  • Why Land Planners and Water Managers Don't Talk to One Another and Why They Should!

    Patricia Gober;Kelli L. Larson;Ray Quay;Colin Polsky

  • Ecological homogenization of residential macrosystems.

    Peter M. Groffman;Meghan Avolio;Jeannine Cavender-Bares;Neil D. Bettez

  • Lawn enforcement: How municipal policies and neighborhood norms influence homeowner residential landscape management

    John M. Sisser;Kristen C. Nelson;Kelli L. Larson;Laura A. Ogden

  • Convergent Surface Water Distributions in U.S. Cities

    M. K. Steele;J. B. Heffernan;N. Bettez;Jeannine M Cavender-Bares

  • Credibility, salience, and legitimacy of boundary objects: water managers’ assessment of a simulation model in an immersive decision theater. Sci Public Policy

    Dave D. White;Amber Wutich;Kelli L. Larson;Patricia Gober

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter M. Groffman
Peter M. Groffman City University of New York
Sarah E. Hobbie
Sarah E. Hobbie University of Minnesota
Christopher Neill
Christopher Neill Woods Hole Research Center
Rinku Roy Chowdhury
Rinku Roy Chowdhury Clark University
Amber Wutich
Amber Wutich Arizona State University
Jeannine Cavender-Bares
Jeannine Cavender-Bares University of Minnesota
Diane E. Pataki
Diane E. Pataki Arizona State University
James B. Heffernan
James B. Heffernan Duke University
J. Morgan Grove
J. Morgan Grove US Forest Service
Meghan L. Avolio
Meghan L. Avolio Johns Hopkins University

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