Paperback: 592 pages
Publisher: Prentice Hall; 4 edition January 26, 2003
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0130888826
ISBN-13: 978-0130888822
Product Dimensions:
10.8 x 8.1 x 1.3 inches
Shipping Weight: 2.8 pounds
Publisher Description
This revision examines the future of arboriculture in light of new information and maintenance practices. Readers will gain an understanding of plants and plant processes while improving their ability to analyze problems and practices. The text effectively integrates the management of the environment with the maintenance of landscape plans.
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Back Cover Copy
A comprehensive guide to the care of trees, this book covers all aspects of arboriculture from the fundamentals of tree growth and development to developing plant health care programs. It discusses aspects of site selection and modification including climate, and soil and water management. The book follows the tree from selection in the nursery to planting and aftercare through such routine practices as pruning, fertilization, support systems, and plant health care. Key management situations such as tree preservation, hazard assessment, and problem diagnosis are discussed in detail.
The fourth edition offers several new features that the student of arboriculture and practicing arborists will find valuable:
- Reorganization of topics to improve continuity of information
- Addition of overviews and summaries for each chapter
- Updated assessment of tree care practices such as soil amendments, mycorrhizae, and tree growth regulators
- Thorough evaluation of the benefits from trees (economic, environmental, ecological, and psychological) including examples of the most recent research on cost-benefit analysis of trees in urban areas
- Emphasis on special management situations such as structural soils, root-pavement conflicts, and remnant forests
