Hurricane igor impacts at northern latitudes: Factors influencing tree fall in an urban setting

Arboriculture and Urban Forestry

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 92-98

  Wiersma, Yolanda F ^a   Davis, Troy L ^a   Eberendu, Elizabeth C ^a   Gidge, Ian ^a   Jewison, Maria ^a   Martin, Hiliary C ^a   Parsons, Kaylah C ^a   Patterson, Heidi ^a   Quirke, Ashley ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abies balsamea; Acer platanoides; Acer pseudoplatanus; Betula papyrifera; Boreal forest; Hurricane; Picea mariana; Tilia americana; Tree damage; Urban forest; Wind damage

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; CONIFEROUS TREE; DECIDUOUS TREE; HURRICANE; STORM DAMAGE; TREEFALL; URBAN ECOSYSTEM; URBAN FORESTRY;

CANADA; NEWFOUNDLAND; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; SAINT JOHN'S;

ABIES; ABIES BALSAMEA; ACER; ACER PLATANOIDES; ACER PSEUDOPLATANUS; BETULA PAPYRIFERA; CONIFEROPHYTA; PICEA MARIANA; TILIA; TILIA AMERICANA;

EID: 84860869205     PISSN: 02785226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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