Welcome to SRS-4952: Integrating Human and Natural Systems along the Rural to Urban Continuum

Our unit consists of ten employees spread out over two locations – seven in Athens, Georgia and three in Gainesville, Florida. Our research program focuses on improving our understanding of how people living in rural, interface, and urban landscapes influence – and are influenced by – the natural environment and ecology of the South. Click here to learn more.

Our unit also consists of two science delivery centers, which are collectively called the Centers for Urban and Interface Forestry. Each maintains a distinct focus: Urban Forestry South addresses urban forestry issues, while InterfaceSouth focuses on a range of issues related to human effects on forest ecosystems.

Recent Publications:

Zipperer, W.C.; Foresman, T.W.; Walker, S.P.; Daniel, C.T. 2012. Ecological consequences of fragmentation and deforestation in an urban landscape: a case study

Zipperer, Wayne C. 2011. The process of natural succession in urban areas

Green, Gary T.; Bowker, J.M.; Wang, X.F.; Cordell, K.; Johnson, C. 2012. A National Study of Constraints to Participation in Outdoor Recreational Activities

Lawrence, Alicia B.; Escobedo, Fancisco J.; Staudhammera, Christina L.; Zipperer, Wayne Zipperer 2012. Analyzing growth and mortality in a subtropical urban forest ecosystem

Hauer, Richard J.; Hauer, Angela J.; Hartel, Dudley R.; Johnson, Jill R. 2011. Rapid Assessment of Tree Debris Following Urban Forest Ice Storms