An assessment of decay among urban Tilia, Betula, and Acer trees felled as hazardous

Urban Forestry and Urban Greening

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 77-85

  Terho, Minna ^a  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Arboriculture; Felling decision; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CLEARCUTTING; DECIDUOUS TREE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; RISK ASSESSMENT; URBAN AREA;

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

ACER; BETULA; MALVACEAE; TILIA;

EID: 63249120287     PISSN: 16188667     EISSN: 16108167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ufug.2009.02.004     Document Type: Article

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