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The Influence of Abiotic Factors on Street Tree Condition and Mortality in a Commercial-Retail Streetscape

Camilo Ordóñez, Vadim Sabetski, Andrew A. Millward, James W. N. Steenberg, Amber Grant and James Urban
Arboriculture & Urban Forestry (AUF) May 2018, 44 (3) 133-145; DOI: https://doi.org/10.48044/jauf.2018.011
Camilo Ordóñez
Camilo Ordóñez, Department of Geography & Environmental Studies, Ryerson University
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Vadim Sabetski
Vadim Sabetski, Department of Geography & Environmental Studies, Ryerson University
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Andrew A. Millward
Andrew A. Millward (corresponding author), Urban Forest Research & Ecological Disturbance (UFRED) Group, Department of Geography & Environmental Studies, Ryerson University, 350 Victoria Street, Toronto, ON M5B 2K3, Canada, +1 (416) 979-5000, ext. 2673,
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James W. N. Steenberg
James W. N. Steenberg, School for Resource and Environmental Studies, Dalhousie University
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Amber Grant
Amber Grant, Department of Geography & Environmental Studies, Ryerson University
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James Urban, Fellow of the American Society of Landscape Architects
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