Lara Roman, PhD

Treesearch Publications

• Stephanie Cadaval, Mysha Clarke, Lara Roman, Tenley M. Conway, Andrew K. Koeser, Theodore S. Eisenman, James Colee. 2026. Applying protection motivation theory to assess collaboration, urban tree risks and storm management in the U.S.
• Lara Roman, Natalie S. van Doorn, E. Gregory McPherson, Bryant C. Scharenbroch, Jason G. Henning, Johan P.A. Ӧstberg, Lee S. Mueller, Andrew K. Koeser, John Mills, Richard Hallett, John E. Sanders, John J. Battles, Deborah Boyer, Jason P. Fristensky, Sarah K. Mincey, Paula J. Peper, Jess Vogt. 2025. Surveillance des arbres urbains : guide de terrain
• Natalie S. van Doorn, Lara Roman, E. Gregory McPherson, Bryant C. Scharenbroch, Jason G. Henning, Johan P.A. Östberg, Lee S. Mueller, Andrew K. Koeser, John Mills, Richard Hallett, John E. Sanders, John Battles, Debra J. Boyer, Jason P. Fristensky, Sarah K. Mincey, Paula J. Peper, Jessica M. Vogt. 2025. Surveillance des arbres urbains: guide des ressources
• Alicia F. Coleman, Richard W. Harper, Lara Roman. 2025. Massachusetts Urban Forest Diversity: Insights from an Undergraduate Service Learning Course
• Corinne G. Bassett, Susan D. Day, Cecil C. Konijnendijk, Kai M.A. Chan, Lara Roman. 2025. From tyranny to hope: Harnessing the power of small decisions to achieve urban sustainability goals
• Justin Morgenroth, Kieron Doick, Richard Hauer, Dexter H. Locke, Camilo Ordóñez Barona, Lara Roman, Tenley M. Conway, Cynnamon Dobbs, Peter Duinker, Natalie M. Gulsrud, C.Y. Jim, Andrew K. Koeser, Shawn Landry, Stephen Livesley, Lorien Nesbitt, Charlie M. Shackleton, P.Y. Tan, Jun Yang. 2025. Urban tree cover targets: The good, the bad and the SMART
• Manuel Esperon-Rodriguez, Rachael Gallagher, Carlo Calfapietra, Paloma Cariñanos, Cynnamon Dobbs, Ana Alice Eleuterio, Diego Esperon Rodriguez, Ali Jahani, Elizaveta Litvak, Stephen J. Livesley, Gabriel Manoli, Renee M. Marchin, Timon McPhearson, Christian Messier, Johan Östberg, Lara Roman, Alessio Russo, Maryam Saffariha, Charlie Shackleton, Henrik Sjöman, Ingjerd Solfjeld, Jonah Susskind, Jens-Christian Svenning, Natalie S. van Doorn, Björn Wiström, Jun Yang, Mark G. Tjoelker. 2025. Barriers and opportunities for resilient and sustainable urban forests
• Natalie S. van Doorn, Lara Roman, E. Gregory McPherson, Bryant C. Scharenbroch, Jason G. Henning, Johan P.A. Ostberg, Lee S. Mueller, Andrew K. Koeser, John Mills, Richard A. Hallet, John E. Sanders, John Battles, Debra J. Boyer, Jason P. Fristensky, Sarah K. Mincey, Paula J. Peper, Jessica M. Vogt. 2024. Monitoreo de árboles urbanos: una guía de recursos
• Lara Roman, Natalie S. van Doorn, E. Gregory McPherson, Bryant C. Scharenbroch, Jason G. Henning, Johan P.A. Ӧstberg, Lee S. Mueller, Andrew K. Koeser, John Mills, Richard Hallett, John E. Sanders, John J. Battles, Deborah J. Boyer, Jason P. Fristensky, Sarah K. Mincey, Paula J. Peper, Jess Vogt. 2024. Monitoreo de árboles urbanos: una guía de campo
• Elizabeth Riedman, Hamil Pearsall, Lara Roman, Tim Ifill, Mindy Maslin, Dana Dentice, Jehane Samaha, Asha-Lé Davis. 2024. Uncovering the Role and Labor of Volunteer Leaders within a Community-Led Urban Tree Planting Initiative
• Corinne G. Bassett, Susan D. Day, Cecil C. Konijnendijk, Lara Roman, Victoria Hemming. 2024. Aligning urban forest management actions with urban sustainability goals: A multi‐city expert elicitation
• Dustin Fry, Lara Roman, Michelle Kondo. 2024. Comparing mapped park and greenspace boundaries in Philadelphia: implications for exposure assessment in health studies
• Amber Grant, Sara Edge, Andrew A. Millward, Lara Roman, Cheryl Teelucksingh. 2024. Centering community perspectives to advance recognitional justice for sustainable cities: Lessons from urban forest practice
• Mysha Clarke, Lara Roman, Tenley M. Conway, Andrew K. Koeser, Stephanie Cadaval, Theodore S. Eisenman. 2024. Managing urban trees through storms in three United States cities
• Theodore S. Eisenman, Lara Roman, Johan Östberg, Lindsay K. Campbell, Erika Svendsen. 2024. Beyond the Golden Shovel: recommendations for a successful urban tree planting initiative
• Hamil Pearsall, Elizabeth Riedman, Lara Roman, Amber Grant, Asha-Lé Davis, Dana Dentice, Tim Ifill, Mindy Maslin, Jehane Samaha. 2024. Barriers to resident participation in tree-planting initiatives across a metropolitan area
• Levon M. Bigelow, Robert T. Fahey, Jason Grabosky, Richard Hallett, Jason G. Henning, Michelle Johnson, Lara Roman. 2024. Predictors of street tree survival in Philadelphia: Tree traits, biophysical environment, and socioeconomic context
• Elise M. Willis, Andrew K. Koeser, Mysha Clarke, Gail Hansen, Deborah R. Hilbert, Mary G. Lusk, Lara Roman, Laura A. Warner. 2024. Greening development: Reducing urban tree canopy loss through incentives
• M.H.E.M. Browning, Dexter H. Locke, C. Konijnendijk, S.M. Labib, A. Rigolon, R. Yeager, M. Bardhan, A. Berland, P. Dadvand, M. Helbich, F. Li, H. Li, P. James, J. Klompmaker, A. Reuben, Lara Roman, W.-L Tsai, M. Patwary, Jarlath O'Neil-Dunne, A. Ossola, R. Wang, B. Yang, L. Yi, J. Zhang, M. Nieuwenhuijsen. 2024. Measuring the 3-30-300 rule to help cities meet nature access thresholds
• Marc Healy, Nicholas Geron, Richard W. Harper, John Rogan, Deborah G. Martin, Lara Roman. 2023. Urban Forest Management Motivations and Practices in Relation to a Large-Scale Tree Planting Initiative
• Deborah R. Hilbert, Andrew K. Koeser, Michael G. Andreu, Gail Hansen, Lara Roman, Mack Thetford, Grant L. Thompson. 2023. Conceptualizing the human drivers of low tree diversity in planted urban landscapes
• Dexter H. Locke, Lara Roman, Jason G. Henning, Marc Healy. 2023. Four decades of urban land cover change in Philadelphia
• Deborah R. Hilbert, Andrew K. Koeser, Michael Andreu, Mysha Clarke, Gail Hansen, Lara Roman, Mack Thetford. 2023. Expanding Urban Tree Species Diversity in Florida (USA): Challenges and Opportunities for Practitioners
• Maggie McNulty, Lara Roman. 2022. Forgotten Contributions: The Overlooked Impact of Ellen Harrison and Early 20th Century Women in Urban Greening
• Lara Roman, Theodore S. Eisenman. 2022. Drivers of street tree species selection: The case of the London planetrees in Philadelphia
• Tenley M. Conway, Annie Yachen Yuan, Lara Roman, Megan Heckert, Hamil Pearsall, Stephen T. Dickinson, Christina D. Rosan, Camilo Ordóñez. 2022. Who participates in green infrastructure initiatives and why? Comparing participants and non-participants in Philadelphia’s GI programs
• Lara Roman, Jason P. Fristensky, Robert E. Lundgren, Chloe E. Cerwinka, Jason E. Lubar. 2022. Construction and Proactive Management Led to Tree Removals on an Urban College Campus
• Danielle Mikolajewski, Vince D'Amico, Nancy Falxa Sonti, Cornelia Wilson, Charles E. Flower, Lara Roman, Tara L.E. Trammell. 2022. Restoring the iconic Ulmus americana to urban landscapes: Early tree growth responds to aboveground conditions
• Amber Grant, Andrew A. Millward, Sara Edge, Lara Roman, Cheryl Teelucksingh. 2022. Where is environmental justice? A review of US urban forest management plans
• Elizabeth Riedman, Lara Roman, Hamil Pearsall, Mindy Maslin, Tim Ifill, Dana Dentice. 2022. Why don’t people plant trees? Uncovering barriers to participation in urban tree planting initiatives
• Hamil Pearsall, Sarah Heck, Madison Tablas, Joseph Pierce, Clare Hinrichs, Lara Roman, Jerome Shabazz. 2022. Building knowledge infrastructure for diverse stakeholders to scale up co-production equitably
• Manuel Esperon‐Rodriguez, Paul D. Rymer, Sally A. Power, David N. Barton, Paloma Cariñanos, Cynnamon Dobbs, Ana Alice Eleuterio, Francisco J. Escobedo, Richard Hauer, Martin Hermy, Ali Jahani, Jonathan C. Onyekwelu, Johan Östberg, Diane Pataki, Thomas B. Randrup, Tørres Rasmussen, Lara Roman, Alessio Russo, Charlie Shackleton, Ingjerd Solfjeld, Natalie S. van Doorn, Matthew J. Wells, Björn Wiström, Pengbo Yan, Jun Yang, Mark G. Tjoelker. 2022. Assessing climate risk to support urban forests in a changing climate
• Tenley M. Conway, Camilo Ordóñez, Lara Roman, Annie Yuan, Hamil Pearsall, Megan Heckert, Stephen Dickinson, Christina Rosan. 2021. Resident Knowledge of and Engagement with Green Infrastructure in Toronto and Philadelphia
• Lara Roman, Richard Hallett, Leslie Brandt, Annamarie Rutledge, Phillip Rodbell. 2021. Growing Resilience in Our Urban and Community Forests
• Hamil Pearsall, Victor Hugo Gutierrez-Velez, Melissa R. Gilbert, Simi Hoque, Hallie Eakin, Eduardo S. Brondizio, William Solecki, Laura Toran, Jennifer E. Baka, Jocelyn E. Behm, Christa Brelsford, Clare Hinrichs, Kevin A. Henry, Jeremy Mennis, Lara Roman, Christina Rosan, Eugenia C. South, Rachel D. Valletta. 2021. Advancing equitable health and well-being across urban–rural sustainable infrastructure systems
• Natalie S. van Doorn, Lara Roman. 2021. New USDA Forest Service monitoring guides emphasize tracking individual trees to assess change over time
• Lara Roman, Indigo J. Catton, Eric J. Greenfield, Hamil Pearsall, Theodore S. Eisenman, Jason G. Henning. 2021. Linking Urban Tree Cover Change and Local History in a Post-Industrial City
• Lara Roman, Natalie S. van Doorn, E. Gregory McPherson, Bryant C. Scharenbroch, Jason G. Henning, Johan P.A. Ӧstberg, Lee S. Mueller, Andrew K. Koeser, John Mills, Richard Hallett, John E. Sanders, John J. Battles, Deborah J. Boyer, Jason P. Fristensky, Sarah K. Mincey, Paula Peper, Jess Vogt. 2020. Urban tree monitoring: a field guide
• Natalie S. van Doorn, Lara Roman, E. Gregory McPherson, Bryant C. Scharenbroch, Jason G. Henning, Johan P.A. Östberg, Lee S. Mueller, Andrew K. Koeser, John Mills, Richard Hallett, John E. Sanders, John Battles, Debra J. Boyer, Jason P. Fristensky, Sarah K. Mincey, Paula Peper, Jessica M. Vogt. 2020. Urban tree monitoring: a resource guide
• Lara Roman, Tenley M. Conway, Theodore S. Eisenman, Andrew K. Koeser, Camilo Ordóñez Barona, Dexter H. Locke, G. Darrel Jenerette, Johan Östberg, Jess Vogt. 2020. Beyond 'trees are good': Disservices, management costs, and tradeoffs in urban forestry
• Mysha K. Clarke, Lara Roman, Tenley M. Conway. 2020. Communicating with the Public about Emerald Ash Borer: Militaristic and Fatalistic Framings in the News Media
• Emily S. S. Huff, Michelle Johnson, Lara Roman, Nancy Falxa Sonti, Clara C. Pregitzer, Lindsay K. Campbell, Heather McMillen. 2020. A literature review of resilience in urban forestry
• Michelle Kondo, Natalie Mueller, Dexter H. Locke, Lara Roman, David Rojas-Rueda, Leah Schinasi, Mireia Gascon, Mark J. Nieuwenhuijsen. 2020. Health impact assessment of Philadelphia's 2025 tree canopy cover goals
• Adam Berland, Lara Roman. 2020. New possibilities for virtual street tree inventories
• Yasha A.S. Magarik, Lara Roman, Jason G. Henning. 2020. How should we measure the DBH of multi-stemmed urban trees?
• Lara Roman, Andrew K. Koeser, Jess Vogt, Natalie S. van Doorn, Deborah R. Hilbert. 2019. Urban tree mortality: What the literature shows us
• Seth A. Blair, Andrew K. Koeser, Gary W. Knox, Lara Roman, Mack Thetford. 2019. Visual health assessments for palms
• Seth A. Blair, Andrew K. Koeser, Gary W. Knox, Lara Roman, Mack Thetford, Deborah R. Hilbert. 2019. Health and establishment of highway plantings in Florida (United States)
• Adam Berland, Lara Roman, Jess Vogt. 2019. Can Field Crews Telecommute? Varied Data Quality from Citizen Science Tree Inventories Conducted Using Street-Level Imagery
• Deborah R. Hilbert, Andrew K. Koeser, Lara Roman, Keir Hamilton, Shawn M. Landry, Richard J. Hauer, Haley Campanella, Drew McLean, Michael Andreu, Hector Perez. 2019. Development practices and ordinances predict inter-city variation in Florida urban tree canopy coverage
• Benjamin S. Breger, Theodore S. Eisenman, Madison E. Kremer, Lara Roman, Deborah G. Martin, John Rogan. 2019. Urban tree survival and stewardship in a state-managed planting initiative: A case study in Holyoke, Massachusetts
• Deborah R. Hilbert, Lara Roman, Andrew K. Koeser, Jess Vogt, Natalie S. van Doorn. 2019. Urban Tree Mortality: A Literature Review
• Michael Hand, Lara Roman, Dexter H. Locke, Erica Smith Fichman. 2019. Phone-call reminders narrow the intention-action gap by increasing follow-through for a residential tree giveaway program
• Lara Roman, Bailey C. Smith, Dana Dentice, Mindy Maslin, Glen Abrams. 2018. Monitoring young tree performance with citizen scientists: The evolving Tree Checkers program in Philadelphia, PA
• Lara Roman, Lindsay K. Campbell, Rebecca C. Jordan. 2018. Civic science in urban forestry: Introduction to a second special issue
• Lara Roman, Lindsay K. Campbell, Rebecca C. Jordan. 2018. Civic science in urban forestry: Engaging the public in data collection, knowledge production, and stewardship
• Lara Roman, Hamil Pearsall, Theodore S. Eisenman, Tenley M. Conway, Robert T. Fahey, Shawn Landry, Jess Vogt, Natalie S. van Doorn, Morgan Grove, Dexter H. Locke, Adrina C. Bardekjian, John J. Battles, Mary L. Cadenasso, Cecil C. Konijnendijk van den Bosch, Meghan Avolio, Adam Berland, G. Darrel Jenerette, Sarah K. Mincey, Diane E. Pataki, Christina Staudhammer. 2018. Human and biophysical legacies shape contemporary urban forests: A literature synthesis
• Arthur Elmes, John Rogan, Lara Roman, Christopher A. Williams, Samuel J. Ratick, David J. Nowak, Deborah G. Martin. 2018. Predictors of mortality for juvenile trees in a residential urban-to-rural cohort in Worcester, MA
• Lara Roman, Jason P. Fristensky, Theodore S. Eisenman, Eric J. Greenfield, Robert E. Lundgren, Chloe E. Cerwinka, David A. Hewitt, Caitlin C. Welsh. 2017. Growing Canopy on a College Campus: Understanding Urban Forest Change through Archival Records and Aerial Photography
• Bryant C. Scharenbroch, David Carter, Margaret Bialecki, Robert Fahey, Luke Scheberl, Michelle Catania, Lara Roman, Nina Bassuk, Richard W. Harper, Les Werner, Alan Siewert, Stephanie Miller, Lucy Hutyra, Steve Raciti. 2017. A rapid urban site index for assessing the quality of street tree planting sites
• Lara Roman, Vi D. Nguyen, Dexter H. Locke, Sarah K. Mincey, Jessica R. Sanders, Erica S. Fichman, Mike Duran-Mitchell, Sarah L. Tobing. 2017. Best practices for yard tree distribution programs
• Lara Roman, Bryant C. Scharenbroch, Johan P.A. Ostberg, Lee S. Mueller, Jason G. Henning, Andrew K. Koeser, Jessica R. Sanders, Daniel R. Betz, Rebecca C. Jordan. 2017. Data quality in citizen science urban tree inventories
• Vi D. Nguyen, Lara Roman, Dexter H. Locke, Sarah K. Mincey, Jessica R. Sanders, Erica Smith Fichman, Mike Duran-Mitchell, Sarah Lumban Tobing. 2017. Branching out to residential lands: Missions and strategies of five tree distribution programs in the U.S.
• David J. Nowak, Allison Bodine, Robert Hoehn, Alexis Ellis, Sarah C. Low, Lara Roman, Jason G. Henning, Emily Stephan, Tom Taggert, Ted Endreny. 2016. The urban forests of Philadelphia
• Yekang Ko, Lara Roman, E. Gregory McPherson, Junhak Lee. 2016. Does tree planting pay us back? Lessons from Sacramento, CA
• Deborah J. ​Boyer, Lara Roman, Jason G. Henning, Matthew McFarland, Dana Dentice, Sarah C. Low, Casey Thomas, Glen Abrams. 2016. Data management for urban tree monitoring -- software requirements
• Lindsay K. Campbell, Erika Svendsen, Lara Roman. 2016. Knowledge Co-production at the Research-Practice Interface: Embedded Case Studies from Urban Forestry
• Lara Roman, John J. Battles, Joe R. McBride. 2016. Urban tree mortality: a primer on demographic approaches
• Yekang Ko, Jun-Hak Lee, E. Gregory McPherson, Lara Roman. 2015. Long-term monitoring of Sacramento Shade program trees: Tree survival, growth and energy-saving performance
• Dexter H. Locke, Lara Roman, Colleen Murphy-Dunning. 2015. Why opt-in to a planting program? Long-term residents value street tree aesthetics
• Lara Roman, Lindsey A. Walker, Catherine M. Martineau, David J. Muffly, Susan A. MacQueen, Winnie Harris. 2015. Stewardship matters: Case studies in establishment success of urban trees
• Yekang Ko, Jun-Hak Lee, E. Gregory McPherson, Lara Roman. 2015. Factors affecting long-term mortality of residential shade trees: evidence from Sacramento, California
• B.C. ​Scharenbroch, Lara Roman, E.G. McPherson, J. Bartens, D. Boyer. 2014. The pulse of the urban forest working group focused on urban tree growth and longevity
• Lara Roman, John J. Battles, Joe R. McBride. 2014. Determinants of establishment survival for residential trees in Sacramento County, CA
• Lara Roman. 2014. How many trees are enough? Tree death and the urban canopy
• Lara Roman, E. Gregory McPherson, Bryant C. Scharenbroch, Julia Bartens. 2013. Identifying common practices and challenges for local urban tree monitoring programs across the United States
• Lara Roman, John J. Battles, Joe R. McBride. 2013. The balance of planting and mortality in a street tree population

Data and Tools

• Dataset
  

  Silvics of North America

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/products/dataandtools/silvics-north-america

• Program
  

  Southern California Research Zone

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/psw/programs/southzone
  Station

  Pacific Southwest Research Station
• Center or Group
  

  Philadelphia Urban Field Station

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/nrs/centers/philadelphia
  Station

  Northern Research Station
• Program
  

  Communities and Landscapes of the Urban Northeast

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/nrs/programs/urbanne
  Station

  Northern Research Station
• Project
  

  School Tree Study: Evaluating tree benefits and care in California schoolyards for climate resilience

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/psw/projects/schoolyard-trees
  Station

  Pacific Southwest Research Station
• Project
  

  The Stewardship Mapping Project (STEW-MAP): Philadelphia

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/projects/stewmapphiladelphia

• University of California, Berkeley, Ph.D., Environmental Science, Policy & Management. Dissertation title: Urban tree mortality., 2013
• University of Pennsylvania, Concentration in Environmental Biology, 2005
• University of Pennsylvania, B.A., Biology, Concentration in Ecology and Evolution, 2004