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Lucy O. Diekmann
Researcher at University of California, Berkeley
Publications - 16
Citations - 437
Lucy O. Diekmann is an academic researcher from University of California, Berkeley. The author has contributed to research in topics: Urban agriculture & Agriculture. The author has an hindex of 7, co-authored 13 publications receiving 267 citations. Previous affiliations of Lucy O. Diekmann include Santa Clara University.
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Ecological feedbacks following deforestation create the potential for a catastrophic ecosystem shift in tropical dry forest
Deborah Lawrence,Paolo D'Odorico,Lucy O. Diekmann,Marcia DeLonge,Rishiraj Das,James M. Eaton +5 more
TL;DR: A study of phosphorus (P) dynamics in the southern Yucatán, highlighting the possibility of abrupt shifts in biogeochemical cycling resulting from positive feedbacks between vegetation and its limiting resources.
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Community and home gardens increase vegetable intake and food security of residents in San Jose, California
TL;DR: The extent to which gardeners, particularly less affluent ones, increase their vegetable intake when eating from either home or community garden spaces is document to contribute to food security.
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Gardening can relieve human stress and boost nature connection during the COVID-19 pandemic
Monika Egerer,Brenda B. Lin,Jonathan Kingsley,Pauline Marsh,Lucy O. Diekmann,Alessandro Ossola +5 more
TL;DR: In this paper , the authors investigated the relationship between people and gardening during the COVID-19 pandemic and what factors influenced the ability of people to garden and found that gardening was overwhelmingly important for nature connection, individual stress release, outdoor physical activity and food provision.
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Changes in the spatial variation of soil properties following shifting cultivation in a Mexican tropical dry forest
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used an analysis of semivariance to quantify the scale and magnitude of spatial dependence for organic matter content (OM), phosphorus (P), potassium (K), and aluminum (Al).
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Vegetable Output, Cost Savings, and Nutritional Value of Low-Income Families’ Home Gardens in San Jose, CA
TL;DR: It is demonstrated that home gardens can produce substantial cost savings and improve nutrition in diets of low-income families and saved an average of $339 by growing their own vegetables.