Approaches and concepts nurturing interdisciplinary knowledge on urban ecosystems have
evolved over recent decades and adopted a series of metaphors, including Ecosystem …

Understanding how urban forests developed their current patterns of tree canopy cover,
species composition, and diversity requires an appreciation of historical legacy effects …

Urban forest professionals struggle with public recognition and a clear identity in spite of
growing demand for their expertise. No single credential or professional support system …

Urbanization is causing fragmentation of natural areas and impacting urban wildlife
populations. Sustainability of wildlife and their habitat in arboriculture has focused on three …

Though the urban forest resource has been the subject of numerous studies quantifying
ecosystem benefits and assessing tree canopy cover, little is known about the managers of …

Abstract In Northwest Indiana, a new urban forestry effort called CommuniTree has emerged
with a goal of helping solve some of the region's post-industrial social and ecological issues …

Urban forest management is a multistakeholder, multi-objective situation whereby a surfeit of
synergistic or competing goals may exist. Greater research and applied guidance for what …

Allometric growth equations help to describe the correlation between the variables of tree
biological characteristics (eg, diameter and height, diameter and canopy width) and estimate …

The accumulation of plastic waste from various sources into marine and inland water is
considered a global problem due to its serious impacts on aquatic ecosystems and human …

Background Urban forestry is an emerging profession, yet its professional identity is not
clearly defined, nor does it have the full complement of support mechanisms commonly …