Carbon storage by urban tree cultivars, in roots and above-ground

Urban Forestry and Urban Greening

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 65-72

  Johnson, Andra D ^a   Gerhold, Henry D ^b  

^a SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amelanchier; Carbon storage; Global warming; Malus; Pyrus; Roots; Syringa; Urban trees

Indexed keywords

AMELANCHIER; MALUS; MALUS X DOMESTICA; PYRUS; PYRUS COMMUNIS; SYRINGA;

EID: 31844445616     PISSN: 16188667     EISSN: 16108167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/1618-8667-00024     Document Type: Article

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