An assessment of the drought tolerance of Fraxinus genotypes for urban landscape plantings

Urban Forestry and Urban Greening

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 17-27

  Percival, Glynn C ^a   Keary, Ian P ^a   AL Habsi, Sulaiman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ash; Chlorophyll; Chlorophyll fluorescence; Photosynthesis; Stress tolerance; Urban trees

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; DECIDUOUS TREE; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; EVERGREEN TREE; GENOTYPE; LANDSCAPE; URBAN AREA;

ASIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA;

FRAXINUS; FRAXINUS AMERICANA; FRAXINUS EXCELSIOR; FRAXINUS NIGRA; FRAXINUS ORNUS; FRAXINUS VELUTINA;

EID: 33646701395     PISSN: 16188667     EISSN: 16108167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ufug.2006.03.002     Document Type: Article

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