Investigations of the urban street tree forest of Mendoza, Argentina

Urban Ecosystems

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 801-818

  Breuste, Jürgen H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

Social perception and acceptance of trees; Tree irrigation; Tree vitality; Urban street tree management; Urban street trees; Urban trees structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888385919     PISSN: 10838155     EISSN: 15731642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11252-012-0255-2     Document Type: Article

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