Restoring ecosystem resilience to urban forests using Dutch elm disease-tolerant American elm trees

Charles E. Flower; Cornelia Wilson; Jim Slavicek

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Restoring ecosystem resilience to urban forests using Dutch elm disease-tolerant American elm trees

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Authors:

Charles E. Flower, Cornelia Wilson, Jim Slavicek

Year:

2017

Type:

Paper

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

In: Pinchot, Cornelia C.; Knight, Kathleen S.; Haugen, Linda M.; Flower, Charles E.; Slavicek, James M., eds. Proceedings of the American elm restoration workshop 2016; 2016 October 25-27; Lewis Center, OH. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-P-174. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station: 141-142.

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Abstract

Urban forests contribute significantly to human health and environmental quality (Sanesi et al. 2011). As such, maintaining healthy urban forests resilient to pollution (atmospheric and soil), high temperatures, compacted soils, and poor drainage is critical. However, these forests have been hard hit by development, pests, and pathogens, consequently reshaping their diversity, structure, and resilience.

Parent Publication

Proceedings of the American elm restoration workshop 2016

Citation

Flower, Charles E.; Pinchot, Cornelia C.; Slavicek, James M. 2017. Restoring ecosystem resilience to urban forests using Dutch elm disease-tolerant American elm trees. In: Pinchot, Cornelia C.; Knight, Kathleen S.; Haugen, Linda M.; Flower, Charles E.; Slavicek, James M., eds. Proceedings of the American elm restoration workshop 2016; 2016 October 25-27; Lewis Center, OH. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-P-174. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station: 141-142.