caa a22 4500 467885648 CHVBK 20180406152733.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170328e20060601xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10021-006-0116-z doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10021-006-0116-z Characterization of Households and its Implications for the Vegetation of Urban Ecosystems [Elektronische Daten] [J. Grove, A. Troy, J. O'Neil-Dunne, W. R. Burch Jr., M. Cadenasso, S. T. A. Pickett] Our understanding of the dynamics of urban ecosystems can be enhanced by examining the multidimensional social characteristics of households. To this end, we investigated the relative significance of three social theories of household structure—population, lifestyle behavior, and social stratification—to the distribution of vegetation cover in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Our ability to assess the relative significance of these theories depended on fine-scale social and biophysical data. We distinguished among vegetation in three areas hypothesized to be differentially linked to these social theories: riparian areas, private lands, and public rights-of-way (PROWs). Using a multimodel inferential approach, we found that variation of vegetation cover in riparian areas was not explained by any of the three theories and that lifestyle behavior was the best predictor of vegetation cover on private lands. Surprisingly, lifestyle behavior was also the best predictor of vegetation cover in PROWs. The inclusion of a quadratic term for housing age significantly improved the models. Based on these research results, we question the exclusive use of income and education as the standard variables to explain variations in vegetation cover in urban ecological systems. We further suggest that the management of urban vegetation can be improved by developing environmental marketing strategies that address the underlying household motivations for and participation in local land management. Springer Science+Business Media, Inc., 2006 urban ecology nationallicence population nationallicence household nationallicence social stratification nationallicence lifestyle behavior nationallicence vegetation nationallicence Baltimore nationallicence long term ecological research (LTER) nationallicence Grove J. Northeastern Research Station, USDA Forest Service, 705 Spear Street, 05403, South Burlington, Vermont, USA aut Troy A. Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources, Aiken Center, University of Vermont, 05405, Burlington, Vermont, USA aut O'Neil-Dunne J. Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources, Aiken Center, University of Vermont, 05405, Burlington, Vermont, USA aut Burch Jr. W. R. School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University, 205 Prospect Street, 06511, New Haven, Connecticutt, USA aut Cadenasso M. School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University, 205 Prospect Street, 06511, New Haven, Connecticutt, USA aut Pickett S. T. A. Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Box AB, 12545, Millbrook, New York, USA aut Ecosystems Springer-Verlag; www.springer-ny.com 9/4(2006-06-01), 578-597 1432-9840 9:4<578 2006 9 10021 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10021-006-0116-z text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10021-006-0116-z text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Grove J. Northeastern Research Station, USDA Forest Service, 705 Spear Street, 05403, South Burlington, Vermont, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Troy A. Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources, Aiken Center, University of Vermont, 05405, Burlington, Vermont, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- O'Neil-Dunne J. Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources, Aiken Center, University of Vermont, 05405, Burlington, Vermont, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Burch Jr W. R. School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University, 205 Prospect Street, 06511, New Haven, Connecticutt, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Cadenasso M. School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University, 205 Prospect Street, 06511, New Haven, Connecticutt, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Pickett S. T. A. Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Box AB, 12545, Millbrook, New York, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Ecosystems Springer-Verlag; www.springer-ny.com 9/4(2006-06-01), 578-597 1432-9840 9:4<578 2006 9 10021 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer