Predicting the growth in tree height and crown size of three street tree species in the City of Tshwane, South Africa

Urban Forestry and Urban Greening

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 259-264

  Stoffberg, G H ^a   van Rooyen, M W ^a   van der Linde, M J ^a   Groeneveld, H T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Allometry; Tree dimensions; Urban forests

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; ALLOMETRY; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECIDUOUS TREE; DIAMETER; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH MODELING; GROWTH RATE; HEIGHT;

AFRICA; GAUTENG; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TSHWANE;

COMBRETUM; COMBRETUM ERYTHROPHYLLUM; SEARSIA LANCEA;

EID: 53149133516     PISSN: 16188667     EISSN: 16108167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ufug.2008.05.002     Document Type: Article

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