Tree productivity enhanced with conversion from forest to urban land covers

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2015, Pages

  Briber, Brittain M ^a   Hutyra, Lucy R ^a   Reinmann, Andrew B ^a   Raciti, Steve M ^a,b   Dearborn, Victoria K ^a   Holden, Christopher E ^a   Dunn, Allison L ^c  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WORCESTER STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CANOPY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FOREST; GROWTH RATE; LAND USE; NONHUMAN; OAK; PLANT STEM; QUERCUS RUBRA; TREE GROWTH; TURNOVER TIME; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; MASSACHUSETTS; METABOLISM; POLICY; TREE;

CARBON;

CARBON; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FORESTS; HUMANS; MASSACHUSETTS; TREES; URBAN RENEWAL;

EID: 84942858075     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0136237     Document Type: Article

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