Deep-rooted trees for urban environments: Selection and propagation

Arboriculture and Urban Forestry

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 184-190

  Burger, David W ^a   Prager, Todd E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b City Arborist   (United States)

Author keywords

Arbonculture grawtropsm; Infrastructure damage; Liminal angle; Root architecture; Root growth; Root system genetics; Street tree; Urban forestry

Indexed keywords

ROOT ARCHITECTURE; ROOT SYSTEM; SEEDLING; TREE PLANTING; URBAN ECOSYSTEM; URBAN FORESTRY;

FRAXINUS; FRAXINUS UHDEI; PISTACIA CHINENSIS; PISTACIA VERA; ZELKOVA; ZELKOVA SERRATA;

EID: 44449124016     PISSN: 02785226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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