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Lara Roman
Yekang Ko
Pete Smith
Research Ecologist
USDA Forest Service
Assistant Professor, Urban
Planning
University of Texas, Arlington
Urban Forestry Program Manager
Arbor Day Foundation
Resources
• Sacramento Shade program
www.sactree.com/shadetrees
• Energy-Saving Trees program
www.arborday.com/ESTrees
• Urban Tree Growth & Longevity working group and the
Urban Tree Monitoring Field Guide
www.urbantreegrowth.org/
• Planted Tree Re-Inventory Protocol, developed by the
Bloomington Urban Forest Research Group
www.indiana.edu/~cipec/research/bufrg_protocol.php
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Donovan, G.H., D.T. Butry. 2009. The value of shade: Estimating the effect of urban trees on summertime electricity
use. Energy and Buildings 41: 662-668.
Hildebrandt, E.W., M. Sarkovich. 1998. Assessing the cost-effectiveness of SMUD’s shade tree program. Atmospheric
Environment 32: 85-94.
Ko, Y., Lee, J., McPherson, E.G., and Roman, L.A. 2015a. Long-term monitoring of Sacramento Shade program trees:
tree survival, growth and energy-saving performance. Landscape & Urban Planning 143:183–191.
Ko, Y., Lee, J., McPherson, E.G., and Roman, L.A. 2015b. Factors affecting long-term mortality for residential shade
trees: Evidence from Sacramento, CA. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening 14: 500–507.
Ko, Y., Roman, L.A., McPherson, E.G., and Lee, J. Does tree planting pay us back? Lessons from Sacramento, CA,
Arborist News (Forthcoming, June 2016)
McPherson, E.G., J.R. Simpson, Q. Xiao, C. Wu. 2008. Los Angeles 1-million tree canopy cover assessment. PSWGTR-207. Albany, CA: USDA Forest Service, 52 p.
McPherson, E.G. 2014. Monitoring Million Trees LA: Tree performance during the early years and future benefits.
Arboriculture & Urban Forestry 40: 285-300.
Nguyen, V.D., L.A. Roman, D.H. Locke, S.K. Mincey, J. Sanders, E.S. Fichman, M. Mitchell, S. Tobing. (in preparation)
Branching out to residential lands: Missions, operations, and best practices of tree distribution programs.
Simpson, J.R., E.G. McPherson. 1998. Simulation of tree shade impacts on residential energy use for space
conditioning in Sacramento. Atmospheric Environment 32: 69-74.
Roman, L.A. 2014. How many trees are enough? Tree death and the urban canopy. Scenario Journal 4. Available at
http://scenariojournal.com/article/how-many-trees-are-enough.
Roman, L.A., J.J. Battles, J.R. McBride. 2014. Determinants of establishment survival for residential trees in
Sacramento County, CA. Landscape & Urban Planning 129: 22-31.
Roman, L.A., J.J. Battles, J.R. McBride. Urban tree mortality: A primer on demographic approaches. Gen. Tech. Rep.,
NRS. Newtown Sq, PA: USDA Forest Service. (forthcoming in 2016)
Lara Roman, Ph.D.
Research Ecologist, Northern Research
Station—Philadelphia Field Station
phone: 215-917-8899
lroman@fs.fed.us
Yekang Ko, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of
Planning & Landscape Architecture
University of Texas at Arlington
phone: 817-272-1260
yekangko@uta.edu
Pete Smith
Urban Forestry Program Manager
O: 402-473-9549; C: 402-580-8138
psmith@arborday.org