Growth partitioning three years following structural pruning of Quercus virginiana

Arboriculture and Urban Forestry

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 281-286

  Gilman, Edward F ^a   Grabosky, Jason ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Branch union; Codominant stem; Diameter ratio; Leader stem; Reduction cut; Removal cut; Subordination

Indexed keywords

CLEARCUTTING; EVERGREEN TREE; FOLIAGE; GROWTH RATE; PRUNING; STEM; THINNING; URBAN FORESTRY;

QUERCUS VIRGINIANA;

EID: 79952030938     PISSN: 02785226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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