| Assessing the benefits and costs of the urban forest JF Dwyer, EG McPherson, HW Schroeder, RA Rowntree Journal of Arboriculture 18, 227-227, 1992 | 955 | 1992 |
| Quantifying urban forest structure, function, and value: the Chicago Urban Forest Climate Project EG McPherson, D Nowak, G Heisler, S Grimmond, C Souch, R Grant, ... Urban ecosystems 1, 49-61, 1997 | 841 | 1997 |
| The urban forest and ecosystem services: impacts on urban water, heat, and pollution cycles at the tree, street, and city scale SJ Livesley, EG McPherson, C Calfapietra Journal of environmental quality 45 (1), 119-124, 2016 | 819 | 2016 |
| Municipal forest benefits and costs in five US cities G McPherson, JR Simpson, PJ Peper, SE Maco, Q Xiao Journal of forestry 103 (8), 411-416, 2005 | 582 | 2005 |
| Chicago's urban forest ecosystem: results of the Chicago Urban Forest Climate Project EG McPherson US Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment …, 1994 | 556 | 1994 |
| Urban ecosystems and the North American carbon cycle DE Pataki, RJ Alig, AS Fung, NE Golubiewski, CA Kennedy, ... Global Change Biology 12 (11), 2092-2102, 2006 | 554 | 2006 |
| Measuring and analyzing urban tree cover DJ Nowak, RA Rowntree, EG McPherson, SM Sisinni, ER Kerkmann, ... Landscape and urban planning 36 (1), 49-57, 1996 | 501 | 1996 |
| Carbon storage and flux in urban residential greenspace HK Jo, GE McPherson Journal of Environmental Management 45 (2), 109-133, 1995 | 447 | 1995 |
| Winter rainfall interception by two mature open‐grown trees in Davis, California Q Xiao, EG McPherson, SL Ustin, ME Grismer, JR Simpson Hydrological processes 14 (4), 763-784, 2000 | 422 | 2000 |
| Rainfall interception by Santa Monica's municipal urban forest Q Xiao, EG McPherson Urban ecosystems 6, 291-302, 2002 | 412 | 2002 |
| Million trees Los Angeles canopy cover and benefit assessment EG McPherson, JR Simpson, Q Xiao, C Wu Landscape and Urban Planning 99 (1), 40-50, 2011 | 405 | 2011 |
| Benefits and costs of street trees in Lisbon, Portugal AL Soares, FC Rego, EG McPherson, JR Simpson, PJ Peper, Q Xiao Urban Forestry & Urban Greening 10 (2), 69-78, 2011 | 335 | 2011 |
| Rainfall interception by Sacramento’s urban forest Q Xiao, EG McPherson, JR Simpson, SL Ustin Arboriculture & Urban Forestry (AUF) 24 (4), 235-244, 1998 | 325 | 1998 |
| Benefit-cost analysis of Modesto's municipal urban forest EG McPherson, JR Simpson, PJ Peper, Q Xiao Journal of Arboriculture 25, 235-248, 1999 | 323 | 1999 |
| Atmospheric carbon dioxide reduction by Sacramento's urban forest EG McPherson Journal of Arboriculture 24, 215-223, 1998 | 313 | 1998 |
| Potential energy savings in buildings by an urban tree planting programme in California EG McPherson, JR Simpson Urban forestry & urban greening 2 (2), 73-86, 2003 | 301 | 2003 |
| Accounting for benefits and costs of urban greenspace EG McPherson Landscape and Urban Planning 22 (1), 41-51, 1992 | 293 | 1992 |
| Urban forest biomass estimates: is it important to use allometric relationships developed specifically for urban trees? MR McHale, IC Burke, MA Lefsky, PJ Peper, EG McPherson Urban Ecosystems 12, 95-113, 2009 | 283 | 2009 |
| Carbon dioxide reduction through urban forestry: guidelines for professional and volunteer tree planters EG McPherson US Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station, 1999 | 257 | 1999 |
| A practical approach to assessing structure, function, and value of street tree populations in small communities SE Maco, EG McPherson Journal of Arboriculture 29 (2), 84-97, 2003 | 250 | 2003 |
