Dexter H. Locke, PhD
Treesearch Publications
- Dexter H. Locke, Robillard Amanda, Jesse Caputo, Brett J. Butler, Emma Sass, Nancy Falxa Sonti. 2026. Urban National Landowner Survey: Houston, 2019
- R. Yeager, C. Tuholske, M. H. E. M. Browning, C. Mattingly, S. Olmsted, A. Ossola, Dexter H. Locke. 2026. Association Between Observed Climate Change and Cardiovascular Disease in the United States
- Jenna Zukswert, Susannah B. Lerman, Dexter H. Locke, Nancy Falxa Sonti, Morgan Grove. 2026. Back Yard Science: Research on Residential Lands
- Corinne Bassett, Dexter H. Locke, Nancy Falxa Sonti, Jesse Caputo, Brett J. Butler, Iris B. Montague, J. Morgan Grove. 2026. Urban Residential Landowner Interest in Emerging Urban Wood Product Markets: Results from a Multi-City Survey
- Brett J. Butler, Jesse Caputo, J. Morgan Grove, Emily J. Silver, Dexter H. Locke, Amanda Robillard, Emma M. Sass, Nancy Falxa Sonti. 2025. Urban National Landowner Survey: methods and data quality, 2018
- Dexter H. Locke, Jesse Caputo, Amanda Robillard, Emma M. Sass, Nancy Falxa Sonti, Morgan Grove, Brett J. Butler. 2025. Urban National Landowner Survey: Baltimore, 2018
- Fabio Angeoletto,, Juan Pedro Ruiz Sanz, Mark A. Goddard, Simoni Loverde-Oliveira, Piotr Tryjanowski, Thomaz Ricardo Favreto Sinani, Prakash Mardaraj, Camila Essy, Diego Carmona, Alfan A. Rija, Dexter H. Locke. 2025. Urban biodiversity hotspots: Harnessing the conservation potential of yards in Brazilian Tropical Cities
- Kristin Mmari, Marina C. Jenkins, Rebecca Skinner, Beth Marshall, Cara Wychgram, Dustin Fry, Dexter H. Locke, Amanda Phillips‑De Lucas, Michelle Kondo. 2025. Cultivating health: the role of urban greening in supporting Baltimore’s youth
- Andrew K. Koeser, Deborah R. Hilbert, Dexter H. Locke, Christopher B. Riley, Nancy Falxa Sonti. 2025. Increasing Urban Tree Diversity, Quality, and Abundance in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed: Challenges and Opportunities
- Nancy Falxa Sonti, Dexter H. Locke, Samuel Seo, Frederic Chalfant, Ashley Bowers, Matthew Rescott, Christina Herrick, Robert Hoehn, Katie Jennings, Alexander R. Young. 2025. Baltimore's urban forest, 2020
- Jackson D. Lyall, Lindsay E. Darling, Dexter H. Locke, Brady S. Hardiman. 2025. Turning a new leaf: Social and land use drivers of urban tree canopy change in the Chicago Metropolitan Area 2010–2017
- William P. Klein, Dexter H. Locke, Kevin Niu, Howard Frumkin. 2025. Parks and social capital: An analysis of the 100 most populous U.S
- Justin Morgenroth, Kieron Doick, Richard Hauer, Dexter H. Locke, Camilo Ordóñez Barona, Lara Roman, Tenley M. Conway, Cynnamon Dobbs, Peter Duinker, Natalie M. Gulsrud, C.Y. Jim, Andrew K. Koeser, Shawn Landry, Stephen Livesley, Lorien Nesbitt, Charlie M. Shackleton, P.Y. Tan, Jun Yang. 2025. Urban tree cover targets: The good, the bad and the SMART
- Selena M. Livas, Dexter H. Locke, Nancy Falxa Sonti. 2025. Urban environmental stewardship networks: How organizations collaborate, share resources, and exchange knowledge within Baltimore, Maryland
- Michael Alonzo, Peter C. Ibsen, Dexter H. Locke. 2025. Urban Trees and Cooling: A Review of the Recent Literature (2018 to 2024)
- Adam Berland, Dustin L. Herrmann, Dexter H. Locke, Kirsten Schwarz. 2025. Soil access is an equity issue for urban climate resilience
- Jack Maney, Dexter H. Locke. 2025. The relationships between an historic neighborhood classification grade and tree canopy and impervious surface in Washington, DC, USA
- John Paul Schmit, Lea R. Johnson, Matthew Baker, Lindsay Darling, Robert Fahey, Dexter H. Locke, Anita T. Morzillo, Nancy Falxa Sonti, Tara L. E. Trammell, Myla F. J. Aronson, Michelle Johnson. 2025. The influence of urban and agricultural landscape contexts on forest diversity and structure across ecoregions
- Dexter H. Locke, Alessandro Ossola, John Paul Schmit, Morgan Grove. 2025. Sub-parcel scale analysis is needed to capture socially-driven canopy cover change in Baltimore, MD
- Lindsay K. Campbell, Erika Svendsen, Michelle Johnson, Natalia Piland, Dexter H. Locke, Nancy Falxa Sonti, Morgan Grove, Michele Romolini, Heather McMillen, Rachel Dacks, Bryce DuBois, Jesse Sayles, Tischa A. A. Munoz, Laura Landau, Lorien Jasny, Krista Heinlen, Maria Arroyave, Camille McCarthy, David Bloniarz, Brian Goldberg, Gerald Bauer, Travis Warziniack, Sophie Plitt, Julio Onofre, Nicole Heise Vigil, Arantxa Zamora-Rendon, Alejandra García Castro, Nicole Harmelin García, Bryan Flores. 2024. Reflecting on Local Ecological Stewardship, Care, and Action across Two Decades of Research
- Richelle L. Winkler, Jeffrey A. G. Clark, Dexter H. Locke, Peleg Kremer, Myla F. J. Aronson, Fushcia-Ann Hoover, Hogyeum Evan Joo, Daniele La Rosa, KangJae Jerry Lee, Susannah B. Lerman, Hamil Pearsall, Timothy L. V Vargo, Charles H. Nilon, Christopher A. Lepczyk. 2024. Unequal access to social, environmental and health amenities in US urban parks
- Alice Gerow, Vivian Kathambi, Dexter H. Locke, Mark Ashton, Craig Brodersen. 2024. Street tree communities reflect socioeconomic inequalities and legacy effects of colonial planning in Nairobi, Kenya
- Sarah Ponte, Andrew C. Oishi, Nancy Falxa Sonti, Dexter H. Locke, Tuana H. Phillips, Mitchell A. Pavao-Zuckerman. 2024. Interactions between management context and tree water use influence stormwater management potential of urban forests
- Bruna Lara Arantes, Dexter H. Locke, Gustavo Carvalho Moreira, Morgan Grove. 2024. The relationships between urban tree canopy cover and crime in São Paulo City, Brazil
- Gisselle Mejía, Peter Groffman, Meghan Avolio, Anika Bratt, Jesse Engebretson, Noortje Grijseels, Sharon Hall, Sarah Hobbie, Susannah Lerman, Elizaveta Litvak, Dexter H. Locke, Desiree Narango, Josep Padullés Cubino, Diane Pataki, Tara LE. Trammell. 2024. How do urban trees vary across the US ? It depends on where and how you look
- KangJae “Jerry” Lee, Myla F.J. Aronson, Jeffrey A.G. Clark, Fushcia-Ann Hoover, Hogyeum Evan Joo, Peleg Kremer, Daniele La Rosa, Kelli L. Larson, Christopher A. Lepczyk, Susannah B. Lerman, Dexter H. Locke, Charles H. Nilon, Hamil Pearsall, Timothy L.V. Vargo. 2024. Limitations of existing park quality instruments and suggestions for future research
- Nancy Falxa Sonti, Dexter H. Locke, Meghan L. Avolio, Karin T. Burghardt, Fred Chalfant, Morgan Grove, Sam Seo, Christopher M. Swan, Phillip Rodbell. 2024. Street tree diversity reveals a legacy of redlining
- Michelle Kondo, Dexter H. Locke, Meghan Hazer, Tamar Mendelson, Rebecca L. Fix, Ashley Joshi, Megan Latshaw, Dustin Fry, Kristin Mmari. 2024. A greening theory of change: How neighborhood greening impacts adolescent health disparities
- Dexter H. Locke, Matthew Baker, Michael Alonzo, Yichen Yang, Carly D. Ziter, Colleen Murphy-Dunning, Jarlath O'Neil-Dunne. 2024. Variation the in relationship between urban tree canopy and air temperature reduction under a range of daily weather conditions
- M.H.E.M. Browning, Dexter H. Locke, C. Konijnendijk, S.M. Labib, A. Rigolon, R. Yeager, M. Bardhan, A. Berland, P. Dadvand, M. Helbich, F. Li, H. Li, P. James, J. Klompmaker, A. Reuben, Lara Roman, W.-L Tsai, M. Patwary, Jarlath O'Neil-Dunne, A. Ossola, R. Wang, B. Yang, L. Yi, J. Zhang, M. Nieuwenhuijsen. 2024. Measuring the 3-30-300 rule to help cities meet nature access thresholds
- Dexter H. Locke, Morgan Grove, Steward T.A. Pickett. 2023. The role of urban tree canopies in environmental justice and conserving biodiversity
- Peter Groffman, Amanda Suchy, Dexter H. Locke, Robert Johnston, David Newburn, Arthur Gold, Lawrence Band, Jonathan Duncan, J Morgan Grove, Jenny Kao-Kniffin, Hallee Meltzer, Tom Ndebele, Jarlath O’Neil-Dunne, Colin Polsky, Grant Thompson, Haoluan Wang, Ewa Zawojska, Joann Whalen. 2023. Hydro-bio-geo-socio-chemical interactions and the sustainability of residential landscapes
- Miranda H. Mockrin, Dexter H. Locke, Alexandra D. Syphard, Jarlath O’Neil-Dunne. 2023. Using high-resolution land cover data to assess structure loss in the 2018 Woolsey Fire in Southern California
- Dexter H. Locke, R.L. Fix, A.N. Gobaud, C.N. Morrison, J. Jay, Michelle Kondo. 2023. Vacant Building Removals Associated with Relative Reductions in Violent and Property Crimes in Baltimore, MD 2014–2019
- Amanda K. Suchy, Peter M. Groffman, Lawrence E. Band, Jonathan M. Duncan, Arthur J. Gold, Morgan Grove, Dexter H. Locke, Laura Templeton, Ruoyu Zhang. 2023. Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Nitrogen Mobilization in Residential Lawns
- Dexter H. Locke, Sonya Sachdeva, Lynne M. Westphal, Laura S. Kenefic, Michael Dockry, Cherie LeBlanc Fisher. 2023. Spatially Explicit Assessment of the USDA Forest Service as a Representative Bureaucracy
- Dexter H. Locke, Lara Roman, Jason G. Henning, Marc Healy. 2023. Four decades of urban land cover change in Philadelphia
- Sonya Sachdeva, Lynne M. Westphal, Laura S. Kenefic, Michael J. Dockry, Dexter H. Locke, Cherie LeBlanc Fisher. 2023. Despite Workforce Diversity Efforts, Career Metrics Differ for Some Demographic Groups in the USDA Forest Service
- Alicia F. Coleman, Theodore S. Eisenman, Dexter H. Locke, Richard W. Harper. 2023. Exploring links between resident satisfaction and participation in an urban tree planting initiative
- Adam Berland, Dexter H. Locke, Dustin L. Herrmann, Kirsten Schwarz. 2023. Residential land owner type mediates the connections among vacancy, overgrown vegetation, and equity
- Elsa C. Anderson, Dexter H. Locke, Steward T. A. Pickett, Shannon L. LaDeau. 2023. Just street trees? Street trees increase local biodiversity and biomass in higher income, denser neighborhoods
- Dexter H. Locke, Alessandro Ossola, Emily Minor, Brenda B. Lin. 2022. Spatial contagion structures urban vegetation from parcel to landscape
- Anton Kvit, Anne E. Corrigan, Dexter H. Locke, Frank C. Curriero, Kristin Mmari. 2022. Can restoring vacant lots help reduce crime? An examination of a program in Baltimore, MD
- Karin T. Burghardt, Meghan L. Avolio, Dexter H. Locke, Morgan Grove, Nancy Falxa Sonti, Christopher M. Swan. 2022. Current street tree communities reflect race‐based housing policy and modern attempts to remedy environmental injustice
- Michael J. Dockry, Sonya Sachdeva, Cherie LeBlanc Fisher, Laura S. Kenefic, Dexter H. Locke, Lynne M. Westphal. 2022. Student trainee and paid internship programs have positive results but do little to influence long-term employee diversity in the USDA forest service
- Anita T. Morzillo, Lindsay K. Campbell, Kristen L. King, Katherine J. Lautar, Lydia Scott, Michelle Johnson, Mysha Clarke, Luke Rhodes, Stephanie Pincetl, Nancy Falxa Sonti, Dexter H. Locke, John Paul Schmit, Robert T. Fahey, Matthew E. Baker, Lindsay Darling, Lea R. Johnson. 2022. A tale of urban forest patch governance in four eastern US cities
- Sebastián Martinuzzi, Bruce D. Cook, Eileen Helmer, Michael Keller, Dexter H. Locke, Humfredo Marcano-Vega, María Uriarte, Douglas C. Morton. 2022. Patterns and controls on island‐wide aboveground biomass accumulation in second‐growth forests of Puerto Rico
- Lynne M. Westphal, Michael Dockry, Laura S. Kenefic, Sonya Sachdeva, Amelia Rhodeland, Dexter H. Locke, Christel C. Kern, Heidi Huber-Stearns, Michael R. Coughlan. 2022. USDA Forest Service Employee Diversity During a Period of Workforce Contraction
- Alicia F. Coleman, Robert L. Ryan, Theodore S. Eisenman, Dexter H. Locke, Richard A. Harper. 2021. The influence of street trees on pedestrian perceptions of safety: Results from environmental justice areas of Massachusetts, U.S.
- Christine Rollinson, Andrew Finley, M Ross Alexander, Sudipto Banerjee, Kelly-Ann Dixon Hamil, Lauren Koenig, Dexter H. Locke, Megan DeMarche, Morgan Tingley, Kathryn Wheeler, Casey Youngflesh, Elise F. Zipkin. 2021. Working across space and time: nonstationarity in ecological research and application
- Dexter H. Locke, Amanda Phillips de Lucas, Colleen Murphy-Dunning, Dawn Henning, Giovanni Zinn. 2021. Contextual Considerations of Green Stormwater Infrastructure Siting
- Susannah B. Lerman, Desirée L. Narango, Meghan L. Avolio, Anika R. Bratt, Jesse M. Engebretson, Peter M. Groffman, Sharon J. Hall, James B. Heffernan, Sarah E. Hobbie, Kelli L. Larson, Dexter H. Locke, Christopher Neill, Kristen C. Nelson, Josep Padullés Cubino, Tara L. E. Trammell. 2021. Residential yard management and landscape cover affect urban bird community diversity across the continental USA
- Sebastián Martinuzzi, Dexter H. Locke, Olga Ramos, Monika Sanchez, Morgan Grove, Tischa A. A. Munoz, Wayne J. Arendt, Gerald Bauer. 2021. Exploring the relationships between tree canopy cover and socioeconomic characteristics in tropical urban systems: The case of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
- Jesse M. Engebretson, Kristen C. Nelson, Kelli L. Larson, Riley Andrade, Megan M. Wheeler, Susannah B. Lerman, Dexter H. Locke, Tara L. E. Trammell, Peter M. Groffman. 2021. Ambiguity and clarity in residential yard ordinances across metropolitan areas in the United States
- Dexter H. Locke, Billy Hall, Morgan Grove, Steward T. A. Pickett, Laura A. Ogden, Carissa Aoki, Christopher G. Boone, Jarlath O'Neil-Dunne. 2021. Residential housing segregation and urban tree canopy in 37 US Cities
- Jesse M. Engebretson, Kristen C. Nelson, Laura A. Ogden, Kelli L. Larson, J. Morgan Grove, Sharon J. Hall, Dexter H. Locke, Diane E. Pataki, Rinku Roy Chowdhury, Tara L.E. Trammell, Peter M. Groffman. 2020. How the Nonhuman World Influences Homeowner Yard Management in the American Residential Macrosystem
- Matthew H.E.M. Browning, Dexter H. Locke. 2020. The greenspace-academic performance link varies by remote sensing measure and urbanicity around Maryland public schools
- Kelli L. Larson, Riley Andrade, Kristen C. Nelson, Megan M. Wheeler, Jesse M. Engebreston, Sharon J. Hall, Meghan L. Avolio, Peter M. Groffman, Morgan Grove, James B. Heffernan, Sarah E. Hobbie, Susannah B. Lerman, Dexter H. Locke, Christopher Neill, Rinku Roy Chowdhury, Tara L.E. Trammell. 2020. Municipal regulation of residential landscapes across US cities: Patterns and implications for landscape sustainability
- Adam Berland, Dexter H. Locke, Dustin L. Herrmann, Kirsten Schwarz. 2020. Beauty or Blight? Abundant Vegetation in the Presence of Disinvestment Across Residential Parcels and Neighborhoods in Toledo, OH
- Lara Roman, Tenley M. Conway, Theodore S. Eisenman, Andrew K. Koeser, Camilo Ordóñez Barona, Dexter H. Locke, G. Darrel Jenerette, Johan Östberg, Jess Vogt. 2020. Beyond 'trees are good': Disservices, management costs, and tradeoffs in urban forestry
- Lea R. Johnson, Michelle Johnson, Myla F. J. Aronson, Lindsay K. Campbell, Megan E. Carr, Mysha Clarke, Vince D'Amico, Lindsay Darling, Tedward Erker, Robert T. Fahey, Kristen L. King, Katherine Lautar, Dexter H. Locke, Anita T. Morzillo, Stephanie Pincetl, Luke Rhodes, John Paul Schmit, Lydia Scott, Nancy Falxa Sonti. 2020. Conceptualizing social-ecological drivers of change in urban forest patches
- Meghan Avolio, Allison Blanchette, Nancy Falxa Sonti, Dexter H. Locke. 2020. Time Is Not Money: Income Is More Important Than Lifestage for Explaining Patterns of Residential Yard Plant Community Structure and Diversity in Baltimore
- Michelle Kondo, Natalie Mueller, Dexter H. Locke, Lara Roman, David Rojas-Rueda, Leah Schinasi, Mireia Gascon, Mark J. Nieuwenhuijsen. 2020. Health impact assessment of Philadelphia's 2025 tree canopy cover goals
- Dexter H. Locke, Abigail York, Morgan Grove. 2020. Know your watershed and know your neighbor: Paths to supporting urban watershed conservation and restoration in Baltimore, MD and Phoenix, AZ
- Peter M. Groffman, J. Morgan Grove, Dexter H. Locke, Austin Troy, Jarlath O’Neil-Dunne, Weiqi Zhou. 2019. Lawns as common ground for society and the flux of water and nutrients
- Alessandro Ossola, Dexter H. Locke, Brenda Lin, Emily Minor. 2019. Yards increase forest connectivity in urban landscapes
- Dexter H. Locke, Colin Polsky, Morgan Grove, Peter M. Groffman, Kristen C. Nelson, Kelli L. Larson, Jeannine Cavender-Bares, James B. Heffernan, Rinku Roy Chowdhury, Sarah E. Hobbie, Neil D. Bettez, Sharon J. Hall, Christopher Neill, Laura Ogden, Jarlath O’Neil-Dunne. 2019. Residential household yard care practices along urban-exurban gradients in six climatically-diverse U.S. metropolitan areas
- Michelle Johnson, Dexter H. Locke, Erika Svendsen, Lindsay K. Campbell, Lynne M. Westphal, Michele Romolini, Morgan Grove. 2019. Context matters: influence of organizational, environmental, and social factors on civic environmental stewardship group intensity
- Michael Hand, Lara Roman, Dexter H. Locke, Erica Smith Fichman. 2019. Phone-call reminders narrow the intention-action gap by increasing follow-through for a residential tree giveaway program
- Laura A. Ogden, Carissa Aoki, Morgan Grove, Nancy Falxa Sonti, William Hall, Dexter H. Locke, Steward T. A. Pickett, Miriam Avins, Katie Lautar, John Lagrosa. 2019. Forest ethnography: An approach to study the environmental history and political ecology of urban forests
- Miranda H. Mockrin, Dexter H. Locke, Susan I Stewart, Roger B. Hammer, Volker C. Radeloff. 2019. Forests, houses, or both? Relationships between land cover, housing characteristics, and resident socioeconomic status across ecoregions
- Dexter H. Locke, Rinku Roy Chowdhury, J. Morgan Grove, Deborah G. Martin, Eli Goldman, John Rogan, Peter Groffman. 2018. Social Norms, Yard Care, and the Difference between Front and Back Yard Management: Examining the Landscape Mullets Concept on Urban Residential Lands
- Dexter H. Locke, Meghan Avolio, Tara L.E. Trammell, Rinku Roy Chowdhury, J. Morgan Grove, John Rogan, Deborah G. Martin, Neil Bettez, Jeannine Cavender-Bares, Peter M. Groffman, Sharon J. Hall, James B. Heffernan, Sarah E. Hobbie, Kelli L. Larson, Jennifer L. Morse, Christopher Neill, Laura A. Ogden, Jarlath O'Neil-Dunne, Diane Pataki, William D. Pearse, Colin Polsky, Megan M. Wheeler. 2018. A multi-city comparison of front and backyard differences in plant species diversity and nitrogen cycling in residential landscapes
- Sebastián Martinuzzi, Olga Ramos, Tischa A. A. Munoz, Dexter H. Locke, Ariel Lugo, Volker C. Radeloff. 2018. Vegetation cover in relation to socioeconomic factors in a tropical city assessed from sub-meter resolution imagery
- Lara Roman, Hamil Pearsall, Theodore S. Eisenman, Tenley M. Conway, Robert T. Fahey, Shawn Landry, Jess Vogt, Natalie S. van Doorn, Morgan Grove, Dexter H. Locke, Adrina C. Bardekjian, John J. Battles, Mary L. Cadenasso, Cecil C. Konijnendijk van den Bosch, Meghan Avolio, Adam Berland, G. Darrel Jenerette, Sarah K. Mincey, Diane E. Pataki, Christina Staudhammer. 2018. Human and biophysical legacies shape contemporary urban forests: A literature synthesis
- Morgan Grove, Laura Ogden, Steward Pickett, Chris Boone, Geoff Buckley, Dexter H. Locke, Charlie Lord, Billy Hall. 2018. The Legacy Effect: Understanding How Segregation and Environmental Injustice Unfold over Time in Baltimore
- Lara Roman, Vi D. Nguyen, Dexter H. Locke, Sarah K. Mincey, Jessica R. Sanders, Erica S. Fichman, Mike Duran-Mitchell, Sarah L. Tobing. 2017. Best practices for yard tree distribution programs
- Peter M. Groffman, Meghan Avolio, Jeannine Cavender-Bares, Neil D. Bettez, Morgan Grove, Sharon J. Hall, Sarah E. Hobbie, Kelli L. Larson, Susannah B. Lerman, Dexter H. Locke, James B. Heffernan, Jennifer L. Morse, Christopher Neill, Kristen C. Nelson, Jarlath O'Neil-Dunne, Diane E. Pataki, Colin Polsky, Rinku Roy Chowdhury, Tara L. E. Trammell. 2017. Ecological homogenization of residential macrosystems
- Wen-Ching Chuang, Christopher G. Boone, Dexter H. Locke, Morgan Grove, Ali Whitmer, Geoffrey Buckley, Sainan Zhang. 2017. Tree canopy change and neighborhood stability: A comparative analysis of Washington, D.C. and Baltimore, MD
- Dexter H. Locke, SeungHoon Han, Michelle Kondo, Colleen Murphy-Dunning, Mary Cox. 2017. Did community greening reduce crime? Evidence from New Haven, CT, 1996-2007
- Vi D. Nguyen, Lara Roman, Dexter H. Locke, Sarah K. Mincey, Jessica R. Sanders, Erica Smith Fichman, Mike Duran-Mitchell, Sarah Lumban Tobing. 2017. Branching out to residential lands: Missions and strategies of five tree distribution programs in the U.S.
- Sonya Sachdeva, Sarah M. McCaffrey, Dexter H. Locke. 2017. Social media approaches to modeling wildfire smoke dispersion: spatiotemporal and social scientific investigations
- Peter M. Groffman, Morgan Grove, Colin Polsky, Neil D. Bettez, Jennifer L. Morse, Jeannine Cavender-Bares, Sharon J. Hall, James B. Heffernan, Sarah E. Hobbie, Kelli L. Larson, Christopher Neill, Kristen Nelson, Laura Ogden, Jarlath O'Neil-Dunne, Diane Pataki, Rinku Roy Chowdhury, Dexter H. Locke. 2016. Satisfaction, water and fertilizer use in the American residential macrosystem
- Dexter H. Locke, Shawn M. Landry, Morgan Grove, Rinku Roy Chowdhury. 2016. What’s scale got to do with it? Models for urban tree canopy
- Erika Svendsen, Lindsay K. Campbell, Dana R. Fisher, James Connolly, Michelle Johnson, Nancy Falxa Sonti, Dexter H. Locke, Lynne M. Westphal, Cherie LeBlanc Fisher, Morgan Grove, Michele Romolini, Dale Blahna, Kathleen Wolf. 2016. Stewardship mapping and assessment project: a framework for understanding community-based environmental stewardship
- Dexter H. Locke, Morgan Grove. 2016. Doing the hard work where it's easiest? Examining the relationships between urban greening programs and social and ecological characteristics
- Dexter H. Locke, Lara Roman, Colleen Murphy-Dunning. 2015. Why opt-in to a planting program? Long-term residents value street tree aesthetics
- Dexter H. Locke, Kristen L. King, Erika Svendsen, Lindsay K. Campbell, Christopher Small, Nancy Falxa Sonti, Dana R. Fisher, Jacqueline W.T. Lu. 2014. Urban environmental stewardship and changes in vegetative cover and building footprint in New York City neighborhoods (2000-2010)
- Morgan Grove, Dexter H. Locke, Jarlath O'Neil-Dunne. 2014. An ecology of prestige in New York City: Examining the relationships among population density, socio-economic status, group identity, and residential canopy cover
- Michele Romolini, Morgan Grove, Dexter H. Locke. 2013. Assessing and comparing relationships between urban environmental stewardship networks and land cover in Baltimore and Seattle
- Dexter H. Locke, Morgan Grove, Michael Galvin, Jarlath P.M. ONeil-Dunne, Charles Murphy. 2013. Applications of urban tree canopy assessment and prioritization tools: supporting collaborative decision making to achieve urban sustainability goals
- Kent F. Kovacs, Robert G. Haight, Suhyun Jung, Dexter H. Locke, Jarlath O'Neil-Dunne. 2013. The marginal cost of carbon abatement from planting street trees in New York City
- Kristen L. King, Dexter H. Locke. 2013. A comparison of three methods for measuring local urban tree canopy cover
- Dexter H. Locke, Morgan Grove, Jacqueline W.T. Lu, Austin Troy, Jarlath P.M. O'Neil-Dunne, Brian Beck. 2010. Prioritizing preferable locations for increasing urban tree canopy in New York City
Citations of Non-Forest Service Publications
- Anderson, E., D.H. Locke, S.T. Pickett, and S.L. LaDeau. 2022. Baltimore Ecosystem Study: November 21, 2019 Download of TreeBaltimore data in support of Anderson et al 2022, Ecosphere ver 1. Environmental Data Initiative. https://doi.org/10.6073/pasta/c988d7a134ee77cda29624eeeb4ddf66 (Accessed 2022-10-01).
- Sachdeva, Sonya S.; Westphal, Lynne M.; Kenefic, Laura S.; Locke, Dexter H.; Dockry, Michael J.; Fisher, Cherie L. (2022). USDA Forest Service employee demographic data for diversity and inclusion analysis, 1995-2017. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2022-0053
- Locke, D.H.. (2022). United States census block groups converted to singlepart polygons and with water removed, 2013-2017. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2022-0054
- Westphal, Lynne M.; Dockry, Michael J.; Bramwell, Lincoln; Brown, Hutch; Lootens-White, Jim; Kenefic, Laura S.; Sachdeva, Sonya S.; Locke, Dexter H.; Fisher, Cherie L.. (2022). Forest Service Diversity in Context: An Interactive Timeline. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service. https://doi.org/10.2737/FS-Diversity-Inclusion-Timeline
- Locke, D. H. (2022). Green stormwater infrastructure in New Haven, CT and socioeconomic variables within neighborhoods and census block groups. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2021-0104
- Locke, D. H., Ossola, A., Minor, E., & Lin, B. (2021). Yards, block groups, and vegetation cover measures. Dryad Digital Repository, https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.jdfn2z3bb
Or https://www.fs.usda.gov/rds/archive/catalog/RDS-ext-2021-0003 - O’Neil-Dunne, J.P.M., Locke, D.H., Grove, J.M., Galvin, M.. The Urban Tree Canopy in GIS for Science: Applying Mapping and Spatial Analytics, Volume 2. Eds Wright, D. Harder, C. https://www.gisforscience.com/chapter11/
- Locke, D.H. 2020. Residential housing segregation and urban tree canopy in 37 US Cities; data in support of Locke et al 2020 in npj Urban Sustainability ver 1. Environmental Data Initiative. https://doi.org/10.6073/pasta/907a557cac781eb4cf72f866a2903c04 (Accessed 2020-09-30).
- Locke D.H., and Sonti, N. F.. 2020. Linking the Urban National Landowner Survey to Auxiliary Data: The Case of Baltimore, MD. In Brandeis, Thomas J., comp. (2020). Celebrating progress, possibilities, and partnerships: Proceedings of the 2019 Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) Science Stakeholder Meeting; November 19-21, 2019; Knoxville, TN. e-Gen. Tech. Rep. SRS-256. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Southern Research Station. 256 p. https://www.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/pubs/60966
- Sonti, N. F., and Locke D.H.. 2020. Urban National Landowners Survey: Results and Application from Pilot Cities. In Brandeis, Thomas J., comp. (2020). Celebrating progress, possibilities, and partnerships: Proceedings of the 2019 Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) Science Stakeholder Meeting; November 19-21, 2019; Knoxville, TN. e-Gen. Tech. Rep. SRS-256. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Southern Research Station. 256 p. https://www.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/pubs/60966
- Fork, M.L. and Locke D.H. 2020. Baltimore Ecosystem Study: Estimates of population in focal watersheds based on 2010 census ver 2. Environmental Data Initiative. https://doi.org/10.6073/pasta/13c25e41766801474979970f6e21c7f4. Accessed 2020-04-29.
- University of Maryland Baltimore County, None, Introduction to Data Science, 2021
- Clark University, Graduate School of Geography, PhD Geography, Human-Environment, Urban Geography, 2017
- SESYNC at the University of Maryland, None, Bayesian Modeling for Ecological and Social Scientists (10-day short course), 2017
- Yale University, Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, MESc Masters of Environmental Science, Urban Ecology, Urban Forestry, Spatial Analyses, 2013
- Hunter College, None, Spatial Data Analysis, 2010
- University of Vermont, Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources, BS Natural Resources Planning, Natural Resources Planning, 2009
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