Published Library Resources

This virtual library holds a wide range of urban forestry resources including: research abstracts and full text journal articles, trade magazine articles, CDs, other technology transfer resources, books (or chapters of books), patents, ordinances, theses and dissertations, and conference proceedings.

Assessing Damage and Restoring Trees After a Hurricane

 

Anthracnose Diseases of Shade Trees

 

A Guide to the Trees of Utah and the Intermountain West

 

Concept Paper: Utilizing Woody Debris from Hurricane Katrina

 

Wind and Trees: Surveys of Tree Damage in the Florida Panhandle after Hurricanes Erin and Opal

 

Notes from Hurricane Andrew

 

Nebraska Forest Service Storm Damage Series

 

Urban and Community Forest Technology Transfer (National Strategy 2002-2005)

 

Reference Cities—The Science Behind STRATUM

 

Pottstown Shade Tree Program

 

Strategic Tree Planting as an EPA Encouraged Pollutant Reduction Strategy: How Urban Trees can Obtain Credit in State Implementation Plans

 

Conservation Design Resource Manual: Language and Guidelines for Updating Local Ordinances

 

Urban forestry and human benefits: Radio Interview with Dr. Kathy Wolf

 

Green Buffers for Urban Noise Reduction

 

Brown Makes Green: Soil and Trees

 

Working with the Media: A Guide for Volunteer Organizations and Tree, Environmental Advisory Planning, and Other Municipal Commissions

 

Windbreak Benefits and Design

 

Urban Tree Conservation: A White Paper on Local Ordinance Approaches

This paper is a discussion of various approaches to conservation of urban forests on private property. It represents a collection of examples from ordinances from cities and counties around the United States, relevant scientific and policy information, and analysis and conclusions. read more...

When a Storm Strikes

Tree City USA Bulletin No. 2 read more...

Tennessee Arboretum Certification - 2011 Rules

The purpose of the program is to define minimum standards for public educational purposes of an arboretum, and to confirm these standards are met. read more...

Species Ratings for Landscape Tree Appraisal in Utah

 

Buckthorn Bust Neighborhood Guide

Binder of materials to help organize buckthorn removal projects on public and private land

National Park(ing) Day

 

Estimating Weights of Branch Segments

 

Strategies to reduce infrastructure damage by tree roots

 

Siembre El Arbol Apropiado En El Lugar Apropiado (Sur De La Florida)

"Al sembrar, considere dónde estará ubicado el árbol en relación con los cables o líneas eléctricas subterráneas y con el tendido eléctrico. (La ubicación de estos cables determinan el tipo de árbol que puede sembrar y el lugar donde sembrarlo.) read more...

Private Forestlands and Community Planning

 

Plant the Right Tree in the Right Place (South FL)

A guide to help homeowners in south Florida select appropriate tree planting locations relative to overhead and underground utilities. The mature tree must have enough space away from power lines and in an area large enough to accommodate the canopy and root system. read more...

Delaware’s Urban and Community Forests

 

Quick-Silver: Quick Start Guide

 

Quick-Silver User Guide (Draft)

 

STRATUM: Reference City Foliar Sampling Protocols

 

City of Elk Grove Urban Forest Canopy Assessment

 

Characteristics and location of the wildland-urban interface in the United States

The Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) is "the area where structures and other human developments meet or intermingle with undeveloped wildland," or in more general terms, where houses or commercial development and fairly dense vegetation are both present. Interface neighborhoods are found all across ... read more...

Benefit-Cost Analysis of Modesto's Municipal Urban Forest

 

A review of tree root conflicts with sidewalks, curbs, and roads

 

DUP: Effects of tree cover on parking lot microclimate and vehicle emissions

 

Evaluating a modified means-end approach as a tool to examine user preferences in urban linear parks

 

Greenway attributes, benefits sought, and values held by greenway users

 

It's a neighborhood now: practicing forestry at the urban fringe

 

The past and future with the International Society of Arboriculture

 

The value of trees, water and open space as reflected by house prices in the Netherlands

 

Red-listed forest bird species in an urban environment: assessment of green space corridors

 

Long-term changes in indigenous vegetation preserved in urban areas

 

Tree Shade Preferred by Recreational Users of a Brazilian Beach Sidewalk

 

Effect of Tree Shelters on Survival, Growth, and Wood Quality of 11 Tree Species Commonly Planted in the Southern United States

 

Height, Caliper Growth, and Biomass Response of Ten Shade Tree Species to Treeshelters

 

Urban Soils: Applications and Practices

 

Tree Volume Equations for Fifteen Urban Species in California

 

A Comparison of Landscape Mulches: Chemical, Allelopathic, and Decomposition Properties

 

Tree-Caused Electric Outages

 

Ecoregion-Based Design for Sustainability

 

Protection of urban trees from trenching damage in compact city environments

 

Evaluation of four methods for estimating leaf area of isolated trees

 

Street trees and rural conspecifics: Will long-lived trees reach full size in urban conditions?

 

Ecological and aesthetic values in urban forest management

 

Republic of Shade: New England and the American Elm

 

Wind and Trees: A Survey of Homeowners after Hurrican Andrew

 

What Makes a Big Tree Special? Insights from the Chicagoland Treemendous Trees Program

 

Using Ecosystem-Based and Traditional Land-Use Planning to Conserve Greenspace

 

Use of Sugars to Improve Root Growth and Increase Transplant Success of Birch (Betula Pendula Roth.)

 

Urban vs. Natural Sugar Maple Growth: I. Stress Symptoms and Phenology in Relation to Site Characteristics

 

Urban & Community Forestry National On-Line Resource Database

 

Underlying Beliefs and Attitudes About Topping Trees

 

Trees, Parking and Green Law: Strategies for Sustainability

"This report is intended to be a resource tool for concerned citizens and professionals in communities who are acting on one facet of sustainability - urban parking lots. The report contains scientific information about environmental impacts of paving in cities, and provides an overview of legal ... read more...

Tree Root System Enhancement with Paclobutrazol

 

Tree Root Response to Circling Root Barriers

 

Tree Root Parasite: Buffalo Nut

 

Tree Ordinance Development Guidebook

 

Tree mortality rates and tree population projections in Baltimore, Maryland, USA

 

Tree-Literate Treehouses

 

Time of Concentration

 

The Urban Tree Ordinance Development Workbook

 

The role of urban parks for the sustainable city

 

The Predictability of Tree Decay Based on Visual Assessments

 

The Hamburg Tree Pruning System

 

The Effects of Urban Patterns on Ecosystem Function

 

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Response of Pine Trees to Chlorine in the Atmosphere

 

Regional relationships between surface temperature, vegetation, and human settlement in a rapidly urbanizing ecosystem

 

Redbay Geographic Range In Georgia (Map)

General geographic range for redbay (Persea borbonia) in Georgia (federal source -- USDA-FS) (confirmed samples and personal observations). read more...

Public Response to The Urban Forest in Inner-City Business Districts

 

Pinus virginiana Virginia pine

 

Pinus serotina: pond pine

 

Pinus pungens table mountain pine

 

Pinus echinata shortleaf pine

 

Pinus clausa: sand pine

 

Native Pine ( PINUS) Species Ranges in Georgia

 

Method for Calculating Carbon Sequestration by Trees in Urban and Suburban Settings

"This document presents a method for calculating the amount of carbon sequestered by trees planted individually in urban and suburban settings. It is intended for use by participants in the Voluntary Reporting of Greenhouse Gases Program, who intend to submit either Form EIA- 1605 or EIA-1605EZ to ... read more...

Mapping Forest Hurricane Damage Using Automated Feature Extraction

 

Managing Risk in the Urban Forest: Part 1

 

Managing Risk in the Urban Forest - Part 3: Risk in the Urban Forest

 

Managing Risk in the Urban Forest - Part 2: Tree Risk Assessment

 

Influence of wind loading on root system development and architecture in oak (Quercus robur L.) seedlings

 

Identifying Characteristics Of Redbay (Persea borbonia)

Redbay (Persea borbonia) is a unique tree of the lower coastal plain of the southern and southeastern United States. (Figure 1) Redbay has many highly variable characteristics which have caused some historical and modern misidentification. read more...

Identification of Woody Plants with Implanted Microchips

 

History of Southern Arboriculture: Past Lessons For Future Paths

 

Equity in Urban Forest Management

 

Effects of Tree Cover on Parking Lot Microclimate and Vehicle Emissions

"A pilot study was performed to measure the difference in parking lot microclimate resulting from the presence or absence of shade tree cover. Microclimate data from contrasting shade regimes were then used as input to a motor-vehicle emissions model. Model results were used to estimate the ... read more...

Effects of 3 Trunk Support Systems on Growth of Young Pyrus calleryana Trees