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.

Riparian deforestation, stream narrowing, and loss of stream ecosystem services

 

Trees of Pennsylvania: A Complete Reference Guide

 

Forest Buffer Strips: Mapping the Water Quality Benefits

 

The Large Tree Argument (Booklet)

Large stately elm trees once graced many communities throughout the US. But now they are gone. Why were entire communities so disappointed when they lost their elm trees to Dutch elm disease several decades ago? People had a sense that these large trees were important to them, their family, and ... read more...

Association of Xyleborus glabratus and an Ophiostoma sp. with mortality of red bay (Persea borbonia) in Georgia and South Carolina

"Red bay (Persea borbonia (L.) Spreng) is an aromatic, evergreen tree or shrub that is common in forests in the Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plains of the southeastern United States. Trees can attain heights as great as 21 m and diameters as great as 90 cm, although tree size and growth habitat varies ... read more...

Using the best to make it better: applying the best practices of urban and community forestry to make cities livable and sustainable

 

UFEI: support for growing urban forest needs

 

What the neighborhood wants: assessing community needs

 

Urban forestry education at Southern Illinois University Carbondale

 

Urban forestry meets ecological restoration: opportunities for synergism

 

Urban and community forestry education at Iowa State University

 

Urban forestry policy-making: a comparative study of selected cities in Europe

 

Valuation of tree aesthetics on small urban-interface properties

 

Effects of pruning in the management of dogwood and pine branch dieback in the landscape

 

Using ecosystem-based and traditional land-use planning to conserve greenspace

 

Various botanical and social factors and their effects on an urban woodland in Reading, Berkshire

 

Vegetation as a climatic component in the design of an urban street: an empirical model for predicting the cooling effect of urban green areas with trees

 

Conservation and management of forest patches and corridors in suburban landscapes (Journal)

 

Root archeology: tree roots in the San Jose urban forest

 

Trees are not the root of sidewalk problems

 

The City of Modesto's strategies to reduce infrastructure damage by tree roots

 

Physiology and developmental biology of root impedance

 

Wildlland fire in the Southwest: negotiating guidelines for defensible space

 

Urban forestry in Sweden from a silvicultural perspective: a review

 

Urban land resources and urban planting: case studies from Denmark

 

Urban Forestry: the final frontier?

 

Urban forest landscapes in the UK: progressing the social agenda

 

Urban vegetation and their relative ability in removing tropospheric ozone

 

Urban vegetation and their relative ability in intercepting particle pollution (PM 2.5)

 

Urban forest cover of the Chicago region and its relation to household density and income

 

Urban ecology as an interdisciplinary field: differences in the use of "urban" between the social and natural sciences

 

Copy & paste this template for Coder publications!

 

Urban woodland management in Livingston (UK)

 

Use of soil and trunk injection of systemic insecticides to control lace bug on hawthorn

 

Using GIS to assess urban tree canopy benefits and surrounding greenspace distributions

 

Using remote sensing data and research results for urban heat island mitigation

 

Using ordinances to protect urban trees

 

Laws that shape the urban forest

Discusses urban forestry ordinances passed in Lexington, Kentucky.

Psychological benefits and costs of urban forests

 

Health benefits and costs of urban trees

 

Social benefits and costs of enhancing biodiversity in urban forests

 

Public perceptions of street trees

 

Economic benefits and costs of urban forests

 

Brief encounters with urban forests produce moods that matter

 

Performance standards for municipal tree maintenance

 

Environmental benefits and costs of the urban forest

 

Urban forest structure and the functions of hydrocarbon emissions and carbon storage

 

A true and full accounting of the urban forest

 

Land use planning on the cutting edge

 

The uses and management of urban woodlands

 

Management concepts for "natural" urban forests

 

Proceedings of the Fifth National Urban Forest Conference, Los Angeles, Nov., 1991

 

Celebrating diversity in urban forestry

 

Trees and urban forestry in Beijing, China

 

Utility and municipal competition for space in the urban environment

 

Evaluation of trees for the Central Plains

 

Competition for space in the urban infrastructure

 

Optimum stocking of urban trees

 

Quantifying species diversity of streetside trees in our cities

 

Arboriculture: Integrated management of landscape trees, shrubs, and vines

 

Microclimates and tree growth in three urban spaces

 

Sprawling cities and shrinking forests: Tracking the spiral

 

Planting landscape plants

 

Urban Forestry Curricula for Undergraduates: Approaching Educational Values and the Profession

 

The Large Tree Argument (1 Up)

Large stately elm trees once graced many communities throughout the US. But now they are gone. Why were entire communities so disappointed when they lost their elm trees to Dutch elm disease several decades ago? People had a sense that these large trees were important to them, their family, and ... read more...

Stump Removal By Accelerated Decay: Field Worksheet

 

Selected Literature on Mistletoe Infection In Trees

 

Redbay (Persea borbonia): A Tree Of Confusion

At the edge of streams, springs, and swamps hides the redbay tree. Redbay (Persea borbonia), with its evergreen aromatic leathery leaves, dark blue fruit hanging on into winter, and reddish bark is a jewel among trees. read more...

Pests of Ornamental Pears

 

Managing Ornamental Pear Cultivars

 

Identifying Live Oak Features

 

Field Identification Of Sourwood Oxydendrum arboreum

Sourwood (Oxydendrum arboreum) is a native tree of the deep forest and forest edges. Sun, open well drained soil, and few competitors allow sourwood to thrive.

Tree Infection Process In American Mistletoe (Phoradendron serotinum)

 

Assessing canopy cover over streets and sidewalks in street tree populations

 

Cool Houston! A Plan for Cooling the Region

 

A modeling study of the impact of urban trees on ozone

 

Geometry and orientation aspects in passive cooling of canyon streets with trees

 

New trees cancel out air pollution cuts

 

Where Are All The Cool Parking Lots?

 

Assessing carbon sequestration of urban tree species in response to elevated atmospheric CO2: An overview of the past and present research

 

I've Got You Covered: The Amount of Pavement Covered by Street Trees

 

Effects of Tree Cover on Parking Lot Microclimate and Vehicle Emissions

 

Municipal tree management

 

Detecting and correcting chemical injury on trees

 

Age, timing, species and site make transplanting a science

 

Creating a city forestry program

 

How to save Dutch elm diseased trees by pruning

 

How to recycle shade tree materials

 

Tree City USA: Foundation for better tree management

 

How to conduct a street tree inventory

 

Caring for urban fauna

 

Choosing trees and shrubs for Montana landscapes

 

Greening Canada: A guide to community tree planting

 

Urban wood markets in the northwest

 

Street Trees: a field handbook

 

Technical potential for shade tree planting in Sacramento County. Final report

 

Methodologies, results, and applications of natural resource assessments in New York City

 

Pennsylvania urban and community forestry: annual budgets for community tree programs

 

Pennsylvania urban and community forestry: annual work plans for tree commissions

 

Trenching and tunneling near trees: a field pocket guide for qualified utility workers