Publications

Peer-reviewed

Porse E., Mika K. B., Litvak E., Manago K. F., Hogue T. S., Gold M., Pataki D. E., Pincetl S., 2018: The economic value of local water supplies in Los Angeles. Nature Sustainability, doi: 10.1038/s41893-018-0068-2

Litvak E., Manago K. F., Hogue T. S. and Pataki D. E., 2017: Evapotranspiration of urban landscapes in Los Angeles, California at the municipal scale. Water Resources Research, 53, DOI: 10.1002/2016WR020254.

Porse E., Mika K. B., Litvak E., Manago K. F., Naik K., Glickfeld M., Hogue T., Gold M., Pataki D. and Pincetl S., 2017: Systems analysis and optimization of local water supplies in Los Angeles. Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, 143(9), 04017049.

Litvak E., McCarthy H. R. and Pataki D. E., 2017: A method for estimating transpiration from irrigated urban trees in California. Landscape and Urban Planning, 158, 48-61.

Litvak E. and Pataki D.E., 2016: Curbing over-irrigation: Low-hanging fruit for urban water conservation. Global Water Forum, invited article (non peer-reviewed).

Litvak E. and Pataki D. E., 2016: Evapotranspiration of urban lawns in a semi-arid environment: an in situ evaluation of microclimatic conditions and watering recommendations. Journal of Arid Environments, 134, 87-96.

Litvak E., Bijoor N. S. and Pataki D. E., 2013: Adding trees to irrigated turfgrass lawns may be a water-saving measure in semi-arid environments. Ecohydrology, DOI: 10.1002/eco.1458.

Litvak E., McCarthy H. R. and Pataki D. E., 2012: Transpiration sensitivity of urban trees in a semi-arid climate is constrained by xylem vulnerability to cavitation. Tree Physiology 32, 373-388.

Litvak E., McCarthy H. R. and Pataki D. E., 2011: Water relations of coast redwood planted in the semi-arid climate of southern California. Plant Cell and Environment 34, 1384-1400.

Pataki D. E., McCarthy H. R., Litvak E. and Pincetl S., 2011: Transpiration of urban forests in the Los Angeles metropolitan area. Ecological Applications 21, 661-677.

Non-peer-reviewed

Litvak E. and Pataki D.E., 2017: Water use by lawns and trees in Los Angeles region. Technical paper for California Department of Water Resources.

Litvak E. and Pataki D.E., 2017: Evapotranspiration by urban lawns and trees in Los Angeles. Methodological fact sheet for California Department of Water Resources.

Litvak E. and Pataki D.E., 2017: Evaluation of current irrigation practices and developing water conservation strategies. Policy fact sheet for California Department of Water Resources.

Litvak E. and Pataki D.E., 2016: Curbing over-irrigation: Low-hanging fruit for urban water conservation. Global Water Forum, invited article.

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