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Hunting for a Larger Diversity of Urban Trees in Western Europe—A Case Study from the Southern Caucasus

Henrik Sjöman, Simon Hannus, Patrick Bellan, Tinatin Barblishvili, Tamaz Darchidze and Shalva Sikharulidze
Arboriculture & Urban Forestry (AUF) September 2019, 45 (5) 221-235; DOI: https://doi.org/10.48044/jauf.2019.018
Henrik Sjöman
Henrik Sjöman (corresponding author), Swedish University of Agricultural Science, Faculty of Landscape Planning, Horticulture and Agricultural Science, Department of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management, P.O. Box 66, SE-23053, Alnarp, Sweden, Gothenburg Botanical Garden, Carl Skottsbergs Gata 22A, SE-413 19, Gothenburg, Sweden, Gothenburg Global Biodiversity Centre, Gothenburg, Sweden +46 40415405
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Simon Hannus
Simon Hannus, Swedish University of Agricultural Science, Faculty of Landscape Planning, Horticulture and Agricultural Science, Department of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management, P.O. Box 66, SE-23053, Alnarp, Sweden
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Patrick Bellan
Patrick Bellan, Swedish University of Agricultural Science, Faculty of Landscape Planning, Horticulture and Agricultural Science, Department of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management, P.O. Box 66, SE-23053, Alnarp, Sweden
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Tinatin Barblishvili
Tinatin Barblishvili, National Botanical Garden of Georgia, Botanikuri St. 1, 0105, Tbilisi, Georgia
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Tamaz Darchidze
Tamaz Darchidze, National Botanical Garden of Georgia, Botanikuri St. 1, 0105, Tbilisi, Georgia
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Shalva Sikharulidze
Shalva Sikharulidze, Institute of Botany and Bakuriani Alpine Botanical Garden, Ilia State University, Botanikuri St. 1, 0105, Tbilisi, Georgia
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Arboriculture & Urban Forestry (AUF) Sep 2019, 45 (5) 221-235; DOI: 10.48044/jauf.2019.018

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