Trees for urban environments in northern parts of Central Europe - a dendroecological study in north-east Romania and Republic of Moldavia

Urban Ecosystems

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 267-281

  Sjöman, Henrik ^a   Nielsen, Anders Busse ^a   Oprea, Adrian ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b Anastasie Fǎtu Botanic Garden ^*  (Romania)

Author keywords

Dendroecology; Habitat studies; Site adapted species use; Tree selection; Urban sites

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857530907     PISSN: 10838155     EISSN: 15731642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11252-011-0187-2     Document Type: Article

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