Arboriculture: Integrated Management of Landscape Trees, Shrubs, and Vines

Harris, Richard Wilson; Clark, James R.; Matheny, Nelda P.

ISBN 10: 0130888826 / ISBN 13: 9780130888822

Published by Pearson College Div, 2003

Normal wear from daily use. May include markings or highlighting. Seller Inventory # 02B06015B00394U

Synopsis:

For undergraduate courses in Arboriculture; Landscape Horticulture, Landscape Architecture, Landscape Management, or Landscape Construction; Park Management, Parks and Grounds Maintenance, Park & Recreation Administration, Nursery Management; and Urban Forestry.

Regarded by many as an irreplaceable reference tool, this text describes the integration of the landscape environment (climate, soil, and related organisms), its effect on landscape plants, and how to manage both in order to obtain the desired results with reasonable effort. A comprehensive, analytic, and logically organized guide, Arboriculture is based on sound arboricultural experience and the latest applied research.

From the Back Cover:

A comprehensive guide to the care of trees, this book covers all aspects of arboriculture from the fundamentals of tree growth and development to developing plant health care programs. It discusses aspects of site selection and modification including climate, and soil and water management. The book follows the tree from selection in the nursery to planting and aftercare through such routine practices as pruning, fertilization, support systems, and plant health care. Key management situations such as tree preservation, hazard assessment, and problem diagnosis are discussed in detail.

The fourth edition offers several new features that the student of arboriculture and practicing arborists will find valuable:

• Reorganization of topics to improve continuity of information
• Addition of overviews and summaries for each chapter
• Updated assessment of tree care practices such as soil amendments, mycorrhizae, and tree growth regulators
• Thorough evaluation of the benefits from trees (economic, environmental, ecological, and psychological) including examples of the most recent research on cost-benefit analysis of trees in urban areas
• Emphasis on special management situations such as structural soils, root-pavement conflicts, and remnant forests

Bibliographic Details

Title: Arboriculture: Integrated Management of ...
Publisher: Pearson College Div
Publication Date: 2003
Binding: paperback
Illustrator: Harris, Vera M.
Condition: Good