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    • Climate change accelerates growth of urban trees in metropolises worldwide 

      Pretzsch, Hans; Biber, Peter; Uhl, Enno; Dahlhausen, Jens; Schuetze, Gerhard; Perkins, Diana; Roetzer, Thomas; Caldentey Pont, Juan; Koike, Takayoshi; van Con, Tran; Chavanne, Aurelia; du Toit, Ben; Foster, Keith; Lefer, Barry (Nature Publishing Group, 2017)
      Despite the importance of urban trees, their growth reaction to climate change and to the urban heat island effect has not yet been investigated with an international scope. While we are well ...
    • Crown size and growing space requirement of common tree species inurban centres, parks, and forests 

      Pretzsch, Hans; Biber, Peter; Uhl, Enno; Dahlhausen, Jens; Rötzer, Thomas; Caldentey Pont, Juan; Koike, Takayoshi; Van Con, Tran; Chavanne, Aurélia; Seifert, Thomas; Du Toit, Ben; Farnden, Craig; Pauleit, Stephan (Elsevier, 2015)
      Tree crown size determines among others tree’s growth, carbon sequestration, shading, filtering of fineair particulates, and risk of wind-breaking. The dependence of crown size on species, ...