Stability of landscape trees in engineered and conventional urban soil mixes

Urban Forestry and Urban Greening

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 333-338

  Bartens, Julia ^a   Wiseman, P Eric ^a   Smiley, E Thomas ^b  

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

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Prunus serrulata; Skeletal soil; Structural soil; Tree planting pits; Tree uprooting; Ulmus parvifolia

Indexed keywords

DECIDUOUS TREE; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GRAVEL; GREENSPACE; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; ROOT SYSTEM; SOIL MECHANICS; SOIL QUALITY; SOIL STRUCTURE; SOIL TYPE; URBAN AREA; URBAN ECOSYSTEM;

PRUNUS; PRUNUS SERRULATA; ULMUS; ULMUS PARVIFOLIA;

EID: 78149467695     PISSN: 16188667     EISSN: 16108167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ufug.2010.06.005     Document Type: Article

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