Tree pulling tests of large shade trees in the genus Acer

Arboriculture and Urban Forestry

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 101-109

  Kane, Brian ^a   Clouston, Peggi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Codominant stems; Tree failure; Tree pulling; Trunk stress

Indexed keywords

BENDING; FAILURE ANALYSIS; STRENGTH; TREE; WOOD;

MASSACHUSETTS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ACER; CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 41549164390     PISSN: 02785226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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