Designing and implementing utility line arboreta

Arboriculture and Urban Forestry

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 80-85

  Appleton, Bonnie L ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrical power; Line clearance; Municipal Tree Restoration Project (MTRP); Power outage; Species selection; Utility easements; Utility pruning; Utility right of way management; Utility compatible trees

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICAL POWER; FOREST MANAGEMENT; PRUNING; SILVICULTURE; TREE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

EID: 33746337255     PISSN: 02785226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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