Decay characteristics of hazardous Tilia, Betula, and Acer trees felled by municipal urban tree managers in the Helsinki City Area

Forestry

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 151-159

  Terho, M ^a   Hallaksela, A M ^a  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECIDUOUS TREE; DECOMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FUNGUS; URBAN AREA;

ETELA SUOMEN; EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; HELSINKI; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

ACER; BETULA; CERRENA UNICOLOR; GANODERMA; GANODERMA LIPSIENSE; INONOTUS OBLIQUUS; KRETZSCHMARIA DEUSTA; MALVACEAE; PHELLINUS IGNIARIUS; PIPTOPORUS BETULINUS; RIGIDOPORUS; TILIA;

EID: 49949102636     PISSN: 0015752X     EISSN: 14643626     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/forestry/cpn002     Document Type: Article

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