Branch strength of Bradford pear (Pyrus calleryana var. 'Bradford')

Arboriculture and Urban Forestry

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 283-291

  Kane, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Branch attachment strength; Branch breakage; Mechanical stress

Indexed keywords

MECHANICAL PROPERTY; STRESS; TREE;

PYRUS; PYRUS CALLERYANA;

EID: 34547117160     PISSN: 02785226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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