Relationships between bole and crown size for young urban trees in the northeastern USA

Urban Forestry and Urban Greening

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 144-153

  Troxel, Blake ^a   Piana, Max ^a   Ashton, Mark S ^a   Murphy Dunning, Colleen ^a  

^a Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometry; Growth projection; New Haven; Street tree management; Urban ecology; Urban forestry

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LANDSCAPE; ORNAMENTAL SPECIES; URBAN ECOSYSTEM; URBAN FORESTRY;

CONNECTICUT; NEW HAVEN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84876731428     PISSN: 16188667     EISSN: 16108167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ufug.2013.02.006     Document Type: Article

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