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  1. Response of forest soil properties to urbanization gradients in three metropolitan areas

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    Author(s): Richard V. Pouyat; Ian D. Yesilonis; Katalin Szlavecz; Csaba Csuzdi; Elizabeth Hornung; Zoltan Korsós; Jonathan Russell-Anelli; Vincent Giorgio
    Date: 2008
    Source: Landscape Ecology. 23: 1187-1203.
    Publication Series: Scientific Journal (JRNL)
    Station: Northern Research Station
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    We investigated the effects of urban environments on the chemical properties of forest soils in the metropolitan areas of Baltimore, New York, and Budapest. We hypothesized that soils in forest patches in each city will exhibit changes in chemistry corresponding to urbanization gradients, but more strongly with various urban metrics than distance to the urban core. Moreover, differences in parent material and development patterns would differentially affect the soil chemical response in each metropolitan area. Results showed that soil chemical properties varied with measures of urban land use in all three cities, including distance to the urban core, which was an unexpected result.

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    Pouyat, Richard V.; Yesilonis, Ian D.; Szlavecz, Katalin; Csuzdi, Csaba; Hornung, Elizabeth; Korsós, Zoltan; Russell-Anelli, Jonathan; Giorgio, Vincent. 2008. Response of forest soil properties to urbanization gradients in three metropolitan areas. Landscape Ecology. 23: 1187-1203.

    Keywords

    Baltimore, Budapest, calcium, copper, heavy metals, lead, New York, urban soil, urbanization gradient

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