Hayden Bock studies the ecology of managed landscapes, with a focus on urban green spaces (e.g., public parks, residential lawns, or ornamental beds). Bock's research connects plants, soils, and the broader urban environment to understand how urban greenspaces are shaped by people’s use and management, and potentially how urban greenspaces may shape human experience and communities. Ultimately, he aims to understand these systems in both a fundamental sense as well as practically, to improve the health, biodiversity, and resilience of our everyday landscapes.
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Recent Publications
Apple root channels continue to shape subsoil microarthropod communities more than a decade after orchard removal
Bock, H. W. & Fleishman, S. M., Dec 2025, In: Pedobiologia. 113, 151098.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Cultivating ecological awareness in middle-school students through short interactions with urban soil ecosystems
Bock, H. W. & Wickings, K. G., Jun 2025, In: Urban Ecosystems. 28, 3, 120.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Lawn management intensity leads to contrasting effects on belowground ecology and turfgrass aesthetic
Bock, H. W., Morse, O. B., Rossi, F. S., Groffman, P. M., Sparks, J. P. & Wickings, K. G., Feb 2025, In: Urban Forestry and Urban Greening. 104, 128628.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Soil animal communities demonstrate simplification without homogenization along an urban gradient
Bock, H. W., Groffman, P. M., Sparks, J. P., Rossi, F. S. & Wickings, K. G., Dec 2024, In: Ecological Applications. 34, 8, e3039.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Collembola (Isotomidae) and mowing management practices control distinct aspects of thatch decomposition in a lawn mesocosm experiment
Bock, H. W. & Wickings, K., Dec 2023, In: Pedobiologia. 101, 150896.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review