PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Robert L. Tate
TI  - Characteristics Of Girdling Roots On Urban Norway Maples
AID  - 10.48044/jauf.1981.064
DP  - 1981 Oct 01
TA  - Arboriculture &amp;amp; Urban Forestry (AUF)
PG  - 268--270
VI  - 7
IP  - 10
4099  - http://auf.isa-arbor.com/content/7/10/268.short
4100  - http://auf.isa-arbor.com/content/7/10/268.full
AB  - Girdling roots were examined on 336 street-side mature Norway maple trees (Acer platanoides) in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Most of the girdled trees were girdled by multiple, shallow, subsurface roots. There was no association between girdled trees and narrow tree lawns. Most of the trees were not girdled severely. There did not appear to be any significant effects on crown characteristics attributable to root girdling.