PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Shigo, Alex L.
TI  - Branch Failures: A Closer Look at Crack Drying
AID  - 10.48044/jauf.1989.003
DP  - 1989 Jan 01
TA  - Arboriculture &amp;amp; Urban Forestry (AUF)
PG  - 11--12
VI  - 15
IP  - 1
4099  - http://auf.isa-arbor.com/content/15/1/11.short
4100  - http://auf.isa-arbor.com/content/15/1/11.full
SO  - JOA1989 Jan 01; 15
AB  - Branch failures are major causes of damage to property and power lines and of injury to people. The purposes of this paper are to discuss briefly the different ways branches fail, and to present a hypothesis that crack drying may lead to branch failure.