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Urban Tree Mortality: The Purposes and Methods for (Secretly) Killing Trees Suggested in Online How-To Videos and Their Diagnoses

Alexander J.F. Martin, Andrew K. Koeser, Ryan W. Klein and Tenley M. Conway
Arboriculture & Urban Forestry (AUF) July 2025, 51 (4) 369-378; DOI: https://doi.org/10.48044/jauf.2025.016
Alexander J.F. Martin
Department of Geography, Geomatics and Environment, University of Toronto Mississauga, 3359 Mississauga Road, Mississauga, ON, Canada
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Andrew K. Koeser
Gulf Coast Research and Education Center, University of Florida, 14625 Co Rd 672, Wimauma, FL, USA
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Ryan W. Klein
Department of Environmental Horticulture, University of Florida, PO Box 110670, Gainesville, FL, USA
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Tenley M. Conway
Department of Geography, Geomatics and Environment, University of Toronto Mississauga, 3359 Mississauga Road, Mississauga, ON, Canada
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    Average number of views, likes, and comments on reviewed YouTube videos about tree-killing methods. Note that the count of methods exceeds the number of videos because 22 videos suggested multiple methods.

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    Total number of views, likes, and comments on reviewed YouTube videos about tree-killing methods. The numbers above the likes and comments indicate the number of views per like or comment. Note that the count of methods exceeds the number of videos because 22 videos suggested multiple methods.

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    Engagement with YouTube videos about killing trees, either by affecting aboveground or belowground systems.

    ViewsLikesCommentsSubscribers
    Median49,859.00259.0040.5011,850.00
    Standard deviation1,129,323.0015,802.66916.13325,040.70
    Maximum5,667,741.00113,000.006,400.002,230,000.00
    Minimum301.000.000.00127.00
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    Table 2.

    Purpose of the tree-killing methods proposed in the YouTube videos and the engagement with each purpose.

    Broad purposeSpecific purposeCount n (%)TotalsAverages
    ViewsLikesCommentsViewsLikesComments
    Kill nuisance treesEntire trees39 (49%)7,124,04030,4532,218182,668781.057
    Stumps or sprouts from tree stumps13 (16%)11,140,328202,2749,650856,94815,560.0742
    Tree roots5 (6%)254,4703,68919050,894737.838
    EcologicalInvasive species removal12 (15%)1,443,0616,462834120,255539.070
    Canopy opening for understory development4 (5%)10,719,48165,3715,5502,679,87016,343.01,388
    Wildlife habitat creation3 (4%)122,9041,45318640,968484.062
    Kill a tree without pesticides1 (1%)7,9152377,91523.07
    No stated purposeNo stated purpose2 (3%)37,9002612718,950131.014
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