Picus Sonic tomography for the quantification of decay in white oak (Quercus Alba) and Hickory (Carya spp.)

Journal of Arboriculture

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 277-280

  Gilbert, Elizabeth A ^a   Smiley, E Thomas ^b,c  

^a Capital Tree Relocators   (United States)

^b Bartlett Tree Research Laboratory   (United States)

^c CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hazard trees; Tree failure; Tree risk analysis

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; DECOMPOSITION; TOMOGRAPHY; TREE;

CARYA; CARYA ILLINOINENSIS; PICUS; QUERCUS; QUERCUS ALBA;

EID: 4444256802     PISSN: 02785226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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