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Defining and measuring success in the urban forest
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Defining and measuring success in the urban forest
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Sanders
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Jessica Rose
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Jessica Sanders
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Grabosky
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Jason C
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Jason C Grabosky
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chair
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Smouse
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Peter E
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Jordan
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Rebecca
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Nina Bassuk
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Rutgers University
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Graduate School - New Brunswick
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2012
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An in-depth understanding of what constitutes success is needed in order to assess current management practices and improve to ensure a more stable urban canopy trajectory in the future. This dissertation is comprised of three studies that investigate three discrete time pieces in the urban forest in order to determine and measure their success. The early transplant survival study found after two years post-transplant, urban trees had a 91.4% survival, whereas the survival declines 8-9 years post-transplant to 75.8%. Trees had the lowest survival in downtown areas and increasing survival as a residential gradient was reached. The parking lot study examined trees approximately 20 years post-transplant in order to determine a size reduction based on amount of apparent available soil. Tree Diameter Breast Height (DBH) was fond to be a useful predictor of tree canopy area. There was a reduction in canopy area seen across all five species measured as apparent available soil decreased. The maximum size study linked terminal size (stem diameter) to site type based on apparent available soil when trees were grouped into categories based on their published height expectations (small, medium, large). Maximum height was different in all three plating site types, irrespective of size class. Overall a reduced planting space resulted in a reduced maximum size, which serves as service endpoint for managers.
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Ecology and Evolution
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x, 128 p. : ill.
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Ph.D.
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by Jessica Rose Sanders
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Urban forestry--Management
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ETD doctoral
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Jessica
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2012-10-22 15:46:54
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I hereby grant to the Rutgers University Libraries and to my school the non-exclusive right to archive, reproduce and distribute my thesis or dissertation, in whole or in part, and/or my abstract, in whole or in part, in and from an electronic format, subject to the release date subsequently stipulated in this submittal form and approved by my school. I represent and stipulate that the thesis or dissertation and its abstract are my original work, that they do not infringe or violate any rights of others, and that I make these grants as the sole owner of the rights to my thesis or dissertation and its abstract. I represent that I have obtained written permissions, when necessary, from the owner(s) of each third party copyrighted matter to be included in my thesis or dissertation and will supply copies of such upon request by my school. I acknowledge that RU ETD and my school will not distribute my thesis or dissertation or its abstract if, in their reasonable judgment, they believe all such rights have not been secured. I acknowledge that I retain ownership rights to the copyright of my work. I also retain the right to use all or part of this thesis or dissertation in future works, such as articles or books.
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