RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Urban Forest Health Monitoring: Large-Scale Assessments in the United States
JF Arboriculture & Urban Forestry (AUF)
FD International Society of Arboriculture
SP 341
OP 346
DO 10.48044/jauf.2008.047
VO 34
IS 6
A1 Anne Buckelew Cumming
A1 Daniel B. Twardus
A1 David J. Nowak
YR 2008
UL http://auf.isa-arbor.com/content/34/6/341.abstract
AB The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service (USFS), together with state partners, developed methods to monitor urban forest structure, function, and health at a large statewide scale. Pilot studies have been established in five states using protocols based on USFS Forest Inventory and Analysis and Forest Health Monitoring program data collection standards. Variables and data analysis are described. Advantages of a large-scale monitoring study are discussed and examples of results from Wisconsin are presented. Studies in Indiana, Wisconsin, New Jersey, Tennessee, and Colorado, U.S., have shown that urban forest health monitoring data collection and analysis is feasible and can be implemented nationally.