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64
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22018
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1838
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671

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2021 - Fellow of the Ecological Society of America (ESA)

Overview

Mary L. Cadenasso is affiliated with the University of California, Davis in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the field of Environmental Science, with a particular focus on several subfields such as Global and Planetary Change, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Environmental Engineering, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Geography, Planning and Development.

Their scholarly work addresses a number of main topics related to urban and environmental dynamics. Key topics include:

  • Urban Green Space and Health
  • Land Use and Ecosystem Services
  • Urban Stormwater Management Solutions
  • Geographies of human-animal interactions
  • Urban Heat Island Mitigation
  • Water resources management and optimization
  • Environmental Philosophy and Ethics

Mary L. Cadenasso has contributed to multiple influential papers published recently, including:

  • "The Benefits and Limits of Urban Tree Planting for Environmental and Human Health" (2021), Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
  • "Urban tree canopy has greater cooling effects in socially vulnerable communities in the US" (2021), One Earth
  • "Coproduction of place and knowledge for ecology with the city" (2021), Urban Ecosystems
  • "An expanded framework for wildland-urban interfaces and their management" (2022), Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
  • "Valuing the Role of Time in Urban Ecology" (2021), Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

The scientist frequently collaborates with several coauthors, including Steward T. A. Pickett, J. Morgan Grove, Diane E. Pataki, Shannon L. LaDeau, and Victoria Marshall.

In terms of publication venues, their work has appeared repeatedly in journals and presses such as Ecosphere, Yale University Press eBooks, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, Urban Ecosystems, and One Earth.

Mary L. Cadenasso has also been involved in book publications through Yale University Press with titles including "Patch Atlas" and "The Baltimore School of Urban Ecology," both released in 2020.

They were awarded the recognition of Fellow of the Ecological Society of America (ESA) in 2021.

Best Publications

  • Urban ecological systems: linking terrestrial ecological, physical, and socioeconomic components of metropolitan areas

    S. T. A. Pickett;M. L. Cadenasso;J. M. Grove;C. H. Nilon

  • Urban ecological systems: Scientific foundations and a decade of progress

    S.T.A. Pickett;M.L. Cadenasso;J.M. Grove;Christopher G. Boone

  • Landscape Ecology: Spatial Heterogeneity in Ecological Systems

    S. T. A. Pickett;M. L. Cadenasso

  • Resilient cities: meaning, models, and metaphor for integrating the ecological, socio-economic, and planning realms

    S.T.A. Pickett;M.L. Cadenasso;J.M. Grove

  • Does spatial configuration matter? Understanding the effects of land cover pattern on land surface temperature in urban landscapes

    Weiqi Zhou;Ganlin Huang;Mary L. Cadenasso

  • Spatial heterogeneity in urban ecosystems: reconceptualizing land cover and a framework for classification

    Mary L. Cadenasso;Steward T. A. Pickett;Kirsten Schwarz

  • A Framework for a Theory of Ecological Boundaries

    Mary L. Cadenasso;Steward T. A. Pickett;Kathleen C. Weathers;Clive G. Jones

  • Trees Grow on Money: Urban Tree Canopy Cover and Environmental Justice

    Kirsten Schwarz;Michail Fragkias;Christopher Boone;Weiqi Zhou

  • Effects of the spatial configuration of trees on urban heat mitigation: A comparative study

    Weiqi Zhou;Jia Wang;Mary L. Cadenasso

  • Characterization of Households and its Implications for the Vegetation of Urban Ecosystems

    J. M. Grove;A. R. Troy;J. P. M. O’Neil-Dunne;W. R. Burch

  • Beyond Urban Legends: An Emerging Framework of Urban Ecology, as Illustrated by the Baltimore Ecosystem Study

    Steward T. A. Pickett;Mary L. Cadenasso;J. Morgan Grove;Peter M. Groffman

  • The Ecosystem as a Multidimensional Concept: Meaning, Model, and Metaphor

    S. T. A. Pickett;M. L. Cadenasso

  • Effect of Edge Structure on the Flux of Species into Forest Interiors

    M. L. Cadenasso;S. T. A. Pickett

  • Forest Edges as Nutrient and Pollutant Concentrators: Potential Synergisms between Fragmentation, Forest Canopies, and the Atmosphere

    Kathleen C. Weathers;Mary L. Cadenasso;Steward T. A. Pickett

  • Object-based land cover classification of shaded areas in high spatial resolution imagery of urban areas: A comparison study

    Weiqi Zhou;Ganlin Huang;Austin Troy;M.L. Cadenasso

  • Predicting opportunities for greening and patterns of vegetation on private urban lands

    Austin R. Troy;J. Morgan Grove;Jarlath P. M. O’Neil-Dunne;Steward T. A. Pickett

  • Is everyone hot in the city? Spatial pattern of land surface temperatures, land cover and neighborhood socioeconomic characteristics in Baltimore, MD

    Ganlin Huang;Weiqi Zhou;Mary L Cadenasso

  • Evolution and future of urban ecological science: ecology in, of, and for the city

    Steward T. A. Pickett;Mary L. Cadenasso;Daniel L. Childers;Mark J. McDonnell

  • An Ecology for Cities: A Transformational Nexus of Design and Ecology to Advance Climate Change Resilience and Urban Sustainability

    Daniel L. Childers;Mary L. Cadenasso;J. Morgan Grove;Victoria Marshall

  • Functional location of forest edges: gradients of multiple physical factors

    M. L. Cadenasso;M. M. Traynor;S. T. A. Pickett

  • Dimensions of ecosystem complexity: Heterogeneity, connectivity, and history

    M. L. Cadenasso;S. T. A. Pickett;J. M. Grove

Frequent Co-Authors

Steward T. A. Pickett
Steward T. A. Pickett Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies
Scott J. Meiners
Scott J. Meiners Eastern Illinois University
Peter M. Groffman
Peter M. Groffman City University of New York
Weiqi Zhou
Weiqi Zhou Chinese Academy of Sciences
J. Morgan Grove
J. Morgan Grove US Forest Service
Richard V. Pouyat
Richard V. Pouyat US Forest Service
Lawrence E. Band
Lawrence E. Band University of Virginia
Daniel L. Childers
Daniel L. Childers Arizona State University
Katalin Szlavecz
Katalin Szlavecz Johns Hopkins University
Kathleen C. Weathers
Kathleen C. Weathers Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies

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