Soil water dynamics and growth of street and park trees

Arboriculture and Urban Forestry

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 231-245

  Nielsen, Christian N ^a   Bühler, Oliver ^a   Kristoffersen, Palle ^a  

^a DANISH FOREST LANDSCAPE RES INST   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Drainage; Irrigation; Park trees; Soil characteristics; Soil water; Street trees

Indexed keywords

GROWTH RATE; IRRIGATION; ROOTING; SOIL WATER; TRANSPIRATION; TREE; WATER CONTENT; WATER RETENTION;

EID: 34547098162     PISSN: 02785226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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