The Levers Lab
Publications
Hoover, D., et al. (2023). Indicators of water use efficiency across diverse agroecosystems and spatiotemporal scales,
Science of The Total Environment, Volume 864, 1609920.
Erickson, S., Lhewa, P., Rundquist, K., Schultz, S., Levers, L., & Smanski, M. (2023). Perceptions on the genetic biocontrol of invasive carp bioRxiv 2023.07.27.550879; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.07.27.550879
Bradley, F., Schwabe, K, and Levers, L. (2021) "Perennial crop dynamics may affect long-run groundwater levels." Land. 10.9, 971.
Levers, L., Pradhananga, A., & Peterson, J. (2021). Willingness to accept for perennial crop adoption: the influence of trust in environmental and government organizations. Journal of the American Water Resources Association.
Levers, L. & Pradhananga, A. (2021) Recreationist willingness to pay for aquatic invasive species management. PloS One 16(4): e0246860. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0246860
Levers, L., Story, D. & Schwabe, K. (2020). Boons or Boondoggles: An Assessment of Salton Sea Water Importation Proposals. California Agriculture. 74 (2), 73-79.
Levers, L., Skaggs, T., & Schwabe, K. (2019). Buying Water for the Environment: A Hydro- Economic Analysis of Salton Sea Inflows. Agricultural Water Management. 213C, 554-567.
Levers, L. R., & Schwabe, K. A. (2017). Biofuel as an Integrated Farm Drainage Management crop: A Bio-Economic Analysis. Water Resources Research, 53(4), 2940-2955.
George, N., Levers, L., Thompson, S., Hollingsworth, J., & Kaffka S. (2017). Modeling identifies optimal fall planting times and irrigation requirements for canola and camelina at locations across California. California Agriculture, 71(4):214-220.
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Silber-Coats, Noah, et al (2024). “The Water Adaptation Techniques Atlas: A New Geospatial Library of Solutions to Water Scarcity in the U.S. Southwest.” PLOS Water, Public Library of Science, journals.plos.org/water/article?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pwat.0000246.
Puri, R., & Maas, A. (2020). Evaluating the sensitivity of residential water demand estimation to model specification and instrument choices. Water Resources Research, 56(1), e2019WR026156.
Moeltner, K., Puri, R., Johnston, R. J., Besedin, E., Balukas, J. A., & Le, A. (2023). Locally-weighted meta-regression and benefit transfer. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 121, 102871.
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Maas, A., Puri, R., & Goemans, C. (2024). A review of residential water conservation policies and attempts to measure their effectiveness. PLOS Water, 3(8), e0000278
Dogan, M. S., White, E., Yao, Y., & Lund, J. R. (2024). Representing Hourly Energy Prices in a Large-Scale Monthly Water System Model. Water, 16(4), 562.
Yao, Y., Lund, J. R., & Harter, T. (2022). Conjunctive Water Management for Agriculture With Groundwater Salinity. Water Resources Research, 58(10), e2021WR031058.
Yao, Y., Lund, J. R., & Medellín-Azuara, J. (2024). Combining Crop and Water Decisions to Manage Groundwater Overdraft over Decadal and Longer Timescales. Water, 16(9), 1223. https://doi.org/10.3390/w16091223
Zhang, H., & Yao, Y. (2017). Vermiculite addition to soil decreases N water pollution by over 30%. Environmental Chemistry Letters, 15, 507-513.
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​Silber-Coats, Noah, et al (2024). “The Water Adaptation Techniques Atlas: A New Geospatial Library of Solutions to Water Scarcity in the U.S. Southwest.” PLOS Water, Public Library of Science, journals.plos.org/water/article?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pwat.0000246.
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