Appraisal of key abiotic parameters affecting street tree growth

Arboriculture and Urban Forestry

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-10

  Jutras, Pierre ^a   Prasher, Shiv O ^a   Mehuys, Guy R ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Compaction; Contingency analysis; De icing salt effect; Light irradiation; Street trees; Surficial deposit; Urban zone type

Indexed keywords

BIOTIC FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; GROWTH RATE; IRRADIATION; SURFICIAL SEDIMENT; SURVIVAL; TREE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; URBAN FORESTRY;

ACER; ACER PLATANOIDES; ACER SACCHARINUM; CELTIS; FRAXINUS; FRAXINUS PENNSYLVANICA; GLEDITSIA; GLEDITSIA TRIACANTHOS; MALVACEAE; TILIA CORDATA; ULMUS; ULMUS PUMILA;

EID: 76649098888     PISSN: 02785226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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