Causes and consequences of deep structural roots in Urban trees: From nursery production to landscape establishment

Arboriculture and Urban Forestry

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 182-191

  Day, Susan D ^a   Watson, Gary ^b   Wiseman, P Eric ^a   Harris, J Roger ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Morton Arboretum Lisle ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Buried roots; Deep planting; Girdling roots; Propagation; Root architecture; Root morphology; Urban forestry

Indexed keywords

LANDSCAPE; MODELING; MORPHOLOGY; NURSERY GROUND; PROPAGATION (HORTICULTURE); ROOT ARCHITECTURE; ROOT SYSTEM; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SOIL PROFILE; TREE; URBAN AREA;

EID: 68649085460     PISSN: 02785226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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