Science of Arboriculture

The U.S. state of Florida covers thousands of square miles with climates ranging from temperate to tropical, Jason Smith... Read more

Bryant Scharenbroch discusses the effects of compaction to top-soil in urban development, and potential remediation opti... Read more

Ken James explains his study on the effects of wind loads on both urban and forest-grown trees. Learn how branches affec... Read more

Every tree care business has its own unique set of capabilities, customer expectations, and pest management philosophies... Read more

The destructive potential of a medium to large falling branch is commonly acknowledged by arborists, but just how much f... Read more

Managing trees around utility power lines is a balance between maintaining a healthy forest, and guaranteeing uninterrup... Read more

The struggles against the Asian Long Horned Beetle, and Emerald Ash Borer are just the latest battles against a history ... Read more

A three day freeze with temperatures well below zero decimated the urban forests of Chihuahua Mexico, leaving the city w... Read more

Trees and greenscapes provide a wealth of physical health benefits; cleaner air, shade and resulting lower temperatures,... Read more

Alessandro Pestalozza was inspired to study the effects a previous branch failure has on its wind resistance after a fat... Read more

Trees are well suited to become a part of a city’s rainwater management system, but must have sufficient soil resources ... Read more

Species diversity is an urban forest is vital to surviving a disease threat. In this month’s Science of Arboriculture, w... Read more

What are the results of root pruning on root ball quality and the stability of trees planted from containers? Dr. Edwar... Read more

During which types of storms are tree failures most likely to result in human fatalities? Dr. Thomas Schmidlin discusses... Read more

For several years tree experts have tried to assess breakage and uprooting failure potential of trees based on technical... Read more

Look! Up in the sky! It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s an arborist with a drone! With the flood of unmanned aerial vehicle... Read more

Henry King discusses the principles of effective project management as a vegetation management contractor. Learn how to ... Read more

Dr. Zhu Ning discusses a recent study on the effects of elevated carbon dioxide levels on urban trees. Listen to this ep... Read more

Arborists are industrial athletes, challenged every day to keep their bodies operating at peak performance to do their j... Read more

Ecological and financial benefits of tree planting projects can be quantified through long and short term studies, but w... Read more