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This commentary is in response to “Commentary on Cues to Care: future directions for ecological landscapes” (Nassauer 2020) that stated there were “errors and apparent misunderstanding” of Cues to Care (CTC) in a published perspectives article (Hostetler in Urban Ecosyst 24:11–19, 2021). This perspectives article reviewed CTC studies that explored landscaping designs and maintenance practices needed to meet aesthetic expectations for managed urban and rural landscapes. I write this commentary to state that there were no misunderstandings of CTC by (Hostetler in Urban Ecosyst 24:11–19, 2021) and reiterate ways to conduct future CTC studies in order to create more sustainable landscapes.
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Hostetler, M. Response to commentary on “cues to care: future directions for ecological landscapes”. Urban Ecosyst 25, 561–562 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11252-021-01172-w
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