PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Struve, Daniel K. TI - Tree Establishment: A Review of Some of the Factors Affecting Transplant Survival and Establishment AID - 10.48044/jauf.2009.003 DP - 2009 Jan 01 TA - Arboriculture & Urban Forestry (AUF) PG - 10--13 VI - 35 IP - 1 4099 - http://auf.isa-arbor.com/content/35/1/10.short 4100 - http://auf.isa-arbor.com/content/35/1/10.full AB - Transplant success and tree establishment depend on a chain of events from propagation, to production, to harvest, to shipping, to maintenance on the job site, to transplanting techniques, to aftercare. Failure to follow proper practices at any step in this sequence will compromise transplant success and establishment. This article reviews some of the factors that induce transplant shock and slow establishment of transplanted nursery stock such as root and mineral nutrient loss, soil moisture stress and xylem vessel cavitation, and methods used to reduce transplant shock.