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Boulevard Tree Failures During Wind Loading Events

Gary Johnson, Chad Giblin, Ryan Murphy, Eric North and Aaron Rendahl
Arboriculture & Urban Forestry (AUF) November 2019, 45 (6) 259-269; DOI: https://doi.org/10.48044/jauf.2019.022
Gary Johnson
Gary Johnson (corresponding author), University of Minnesota, Forest Resources, 115 Green Hall, 1530 Cleveland Avenue North, Saint Paul, MN 55108, U.S.A. 612-625-3765
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Chad Giblin
Chad Giblin, University of Minnesota, Forest Resources, 115 Green Hall, 1530 Cleveland Avenue North, Saint Paul, MN 55108, U.S.A.
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Ryan Murphy
Ryan Murphy, University of Minnesota, Forest Resources, 115 Green Hall, 1530 Cleveland Avenue North, Saint Paul, MN 55108, U.S.A.
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Eric North
Eric North, University of Nebraska, School of Natural Resources, 720 Hardin Hall, Lincoln, NB 68588, U.S.A.
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Aaron Rendahl, University of Minnesota, School of Statistics, Church St. SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, U.S.A.
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Gary Johnson, Chad Giblin, Ryan Murphy, Eric North, Aaron Rendahl
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