The reliability of a windshield survey to locate hazards in roadside trees

Journal of Arboriculture

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 89-94

  Rooney, C J ^a   Ryan, H D P ^b   Bloniarz, D V ^c   Kane, B C P ^b  

^a NATIONAL GRID   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hazard trees; Municipal forestry; Risk management; Windshield survey

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; ROADSIDE ENVIRONMENT; TREE; URBAN FORESTRY;

EID: 14844338756     PISSN: 02785226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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