Wind-thrown trees: Storms or management?

Arboriculture and Urban Forestry

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 53-69

  Moore, G M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Descending roots; Root damage; Tree management; Tree root systems; Trees and storm damage; Urban trees; Windthrow

Indexed keywords

CANOPY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; ROOT SYSTEM; STORM DAMAGE; TREE; URBAN FORESTRY; WIND FORCING; WIND STRESS; WINDTHROW;

EID: 84897522798     PISSN: 02785226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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