Live fast, die young: Accelerated growth, mortality, and turnover in street trees
In this study, size-specific growth, mortality, and planting rates were estimated in trees under municipal control. The scientist used a…
Estimates of Carbon Dioxide Withheld by Urban Hardwood Products
This study examines how simple home products made of hardwoods can prevent carbon from being emitted into the atmosphere. In…
Carbon Storage and Sequestration by Trees in Urban and Community Areas of the United States
Urban whole tree carbon storage densities average 7.69 kg C m2 of tree cover and sequestration densities average 0.28 kg…
Quantifying Urban Forest Structure, Function, and Value: the Chicago Urban Forest Climate Project
This paper is a review of research in Chicago that linked analyses of vegetation structure with forest functions and values.…
Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Reduction by Sacramento’s Urban Forest
Sacramento County’s 6 million trees store 8 million tons of CO2 (31 t/ha), and annually sequester 238,000 t (0.92 t/ha).…
Effects of Urban Tree Management and Species Selection of Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide
Trees sequester and store carbon in their tissue at differing rates and amounts based on such factors as tree size…
Urban Trees and Forests of the Chicago Region
An analysis of trees in the Chicago region of Illinois reveals that this area has about 157,142,000 trees with tree…
Carbon storage and sequestration by urban trees in the USA
Field data from 10 USA cities and national urban tree cover data, it is estimated that urban trees in the…