McCarthy, H. R., Pataki, D. E., Jenerette, G. D. 2011. Plant water-use efficiency as a metric of urban ecosystem services. Ecological Applications. Ecological Society of America, Washington, DC. Volume 21, Number 8. Pages 3115-3127

urban, water supply, Water quantity, Trees, Carbon, isotopes, Evapotranspiration

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1890/11-0048.1/abstract

This study compares the water use efficiency at the leaf and tree scale of commonly planted, nonnative tree species in the Los Angeles Basin, CA (USA) in order to establish the relationship between water use and urban tree growth.