Urban forestry priorities of Massachusetts (USA) tree wardens

Urban Forestry and Urban Greening

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 295-301

  Rines, David ^a   Kane, Brian ^a   Dennis, H ^a   Ryan, P ^a   Kittredge, David B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Urban forest management; Volunteers

Indexed keywords

ADVOCACY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY POLICY; LEGAL SYSTEM; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; URBAN FORESTRY;

MASSACHUSETTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78149470283     PISSN: 16188667     EISSN: 16108167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ufug.2010.06.006     Document Type: Article

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