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The fall edition of USCDornsife Magazine is out and includes a numerical summary of our research on mansionization and urban forest cover in Los Angeles single-family neighborhoods.  Although not mentioned, Catherine Rich and John P. Wilson were co-authors of the paper, published in Urban Forestry and Urban Greening earlier this year. Continue reading Urban (de)greening research in USCDornsife Magazine

Cities are often perceived as biodiversity wastelands. Adding to that perception is the common result of research surveys of urban biodiversity, which often report limited and declining numbers of species (1). Concealed by that preconception, however, is the extraordinary undiscovered biodiversity that still exists, even in the most urban of environments. Much of this biodiversity … Continue reading Cryptic Biodiversity Abounds in Los Angeles