Rapid assessment of change and hurricane impacts to houston's Urban forest structure

Arboriculture and Urban Forestry

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 60-66

  Staudhammer, Christina ^a   Escobedo, Francisco ^a   Lawrence, Alicia ^a   Duryea, Mary ^a   Smith, Pete ^b   Merritt, Mickey ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b University of Florida ^*  (United States)

^c Texas Forest Service   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency management; Hurricane damage; Urban forest growth; Urban forest mortality

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE EFFECT; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GROWTH RATE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HURRICANE IKE 2008; LAND COVER; MORTALITY; URBAN FORESTRY; URBANIZATION;

HOUSTON COUNTY [TEXAS]; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79953728752     PISSN: 02785226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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