TRANSFORMING ECOLOGICALLY DEFICIENT ROADSIDE GREENSPACE INTO QUALITY POLLINATOR HABITAT

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dc.contributor.advisorKweon, Byoung-Suken_US
dc.contributor.authorFranklin, Joshuaen_US
dc.contributor.departmentPlant Science and Landscape Architecture (PSLA)en_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2018-09-12T05:33:41Z
dc.date.available2018-09-12T05:33:41Z
dc.date.issued2018en_US
dc.description.abstractThis paper discusses preeminent ecological issues attributable to human development which negatively affect pollinator population sizes and diversity, and suggests design solutions to mitigate them. Under particular scrutiny is the perpetuation of monoculture landscapes. The problems with this ubiquitous practice include increased pesticide and herbicide use, lack of habitat and forage for pollinators, and reduced soil quality. In an effort to attenuate these threats, this thesis proposes two redesigns of University of Maryland campus lawn spaces into designed native plant communities. In these designs, native plants have been arranged in ways that reduce maintenance and provide ecological benefits by considering the unique roles each of them fill in their natural environment. Other strategies, such as defining borders around the habitat and placing smaller plants near the edges, were also implemented in order to positively influence the public’s view of these more naturalized designed systems and encourage adoption.en_US
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/M28W3858N
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/21205
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledLandscape architectureen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledEcologyen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledEcological Designen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledFacilities Managementen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledMonocultureen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledPollinatorsen_US
dc.titleTRANSFORMING ECOLOGICALLY DEFICIENT ROADSIDE GREENSPACE INTO QUALITY POLLINATOR HABITATen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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