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Characterizing Water And Nitrogen Dynamics In Urban/Suburban Landscapes, Hongyan Sun
Characterizing Water And Nitrogen Dynamics In Urban/Suburban Landscapes, Hongyan Sun
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
This research investigated the water use of different plant types in urban landscapes, nitrogen (N) and water transport in turf, and potential N leaching from urban landscapes to ground water. In the first study, three landscape treatments integrating different types of plants—woody, herbaceous perennial, turf—and putative water use classifications—Mesic, Mixed, Xeric—were grown in large drainage lysimeters. Each landscape plot was divided into woody, turf, and herbaceous perennial plant hydrozones and irrigated for optimum water status over two years, with water use measured using a water balance approach. For woody plants and herbaceous perennials, canopy cover, rather than plant type or …