Assessing canopy cover over streets and sidewalks in street tree populations

Journal of Arboriculture

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 270-276

  Maco, Scott E ^a   McPherson, E Gregory ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Canopy cover; Street tree management; Urban forest analysis

Indexed keywords

CANOPY; GREENSPACE; URBAN AREA; VEGETATION COVER;

CALIFORNIA; DAVIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036868606     PISSN: 02785226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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