Tropical street trees and climate uncertainty in Southeast Asia

HortScience

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 167-172

  Kjelgren, Roger ^a   Trisurat, Yongyut ^b   Puangchit, Ladawan ^b   Baguinon, Nestor ^c   Yok, Puay Tan ^d  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KASETSART UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES LOS BAÑOS   (Philippines)

^d National Parks Board   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Climate change; Drought deciduous; Drought physiology; Monsoonal dry evergreen; Urban forestry; Water stress; Wet evergreen

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951646832     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.46.2.167     Document Type: Article

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