Effect of pit design and soil composition on performance of pyrus calleryana street trees in the establishment period

Arboriculture and Urban Forestry

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 256-266

  Rahman, M A ^a   Stringer, P ^b   Ennos, A R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Dock Office   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evapotranspiration; Manchester; Planting Design; Planting Pit; Pyrus calleryana; Root Aeration; Soil; United Kingdom; Urban Heat Island

Indexed keywords

AERATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH RESPONSE; LEAF AREA INDEX; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHENOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SOIL ANALYSIS; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; URBAN FORESTRY;

ENGLAND; MANCHESTER [ENGLAND]; MANCHESTER [MANCHESTER (DST)]; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84888343908     PISSN: 02785226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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