Characteristics of the urban forests in arctic and near-arctic cities

Urban Forestry and Urban Greening

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 113-119

  McBride, Joe R ^a   Douhovnikoff, Vladimir ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BOWDOIN COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Forest; Limitations; Tree selection; Urban

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; CEMETERY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONIFEROUS TREE; DECIDUOUS TREE; GARDEN; GROWING SEASON; LOW TEMPERATURE; NEARCTIC REGION; PARK DESIGN; PERMAFROST; URBAN AREA; URBAN FORESTRY; WIND BREAK; WIND VELOCITY;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; ICELAND; MURMANSK [RUSSIAN FEDERATION]; NUUK; REYKJAVIK; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

ALNUS; ALNUS INCANA; BETULA PUBESCENS; PICEA ABIES; SALIX; SALIX GLAUCA;

EID: 84859515781     PISSN: 16188667     EISSN: 16108167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ufug.2011.07.007     Document Type: Article

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