The impact of earthworks on older trees in historical parks
The publication aims to investigate the quantitative impact of linear earthworks in urban parks, e.g. during roads’ and pavements’ modernization in the old trees’ root zones, on the increment in their external parameters (e.g. trunk circumference). Pilot studies (Warsaw, Poland) were carried out 20...
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The publication aims to investigate the quantitative impact of linear earthworks in urban parks, e.g. during roads’ and pavements’ modernization in the old trees’ root zones, on the increment in their external parameters (e.g. trunk circumference). Pilot studies (Warsaw, Poland) were carried out 2003–2019 in two historical parks: Ursynów and Królikarnia. The dataset of trees’ parameters is based on detailed dendrological inventories. Test groups consisted of trees exposed to damage and not exposed to damage (Ursynów) and the control group – trees growing in unchanged site conditions (Królikarnia). Among the three most abundant species of dendroflora, Norway maples (Acer platanoides L.) show the most visible difference (>1.8 cm) between the normal and the inhibited growth in trunk circumference. Two other species – black locusts (Robinia pseudoacacia L.) and small-leaved limes (Tilia cordata Mill.) – also revealed statistically significant differences in the increment of the trunk circumference (respectively: >1.3 cm and >1.4 cm). In general, the reaction of affected trees was a significant reduction of circumference increments from 2.6 to 4.0 times concerning trees not exposed to damage. The verification made with the resistograph in 2019 confirmed a statistically significant decrease in radial increments of trees remaining in the impact zone of the earthworks.
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| spelling | doaj.art-d6c6a5c5a17946faa99bce6fb949bb9b2022-12-22T01:01:26ZengVilnius Gediminas Technical UniversityJournal of Environmental Engineering and Landscape Management1648-68971822-41992022-03-0130110.3846/jeelm.2022.16354The impact of earthworks on older trees in historical parksJan Łukaszkiewicz0Beata Fortuna-Antoszkiewicz1Jacek Borowski2Department of Landscape Architecture, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Nowoursynowska 159, Warszawa, PolandDepartment of Landscape Architecture, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Nowoursynowska 159, Warszawa, PolandDepartment of Environment Protection, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Nowoursynowska 159, Warszawa, Poland The publication aims to investigate the quantitative impact of linear earthworks in urban parks, e.g. during roads’ and pavements’ modernization in the old trees’ root zones, on the increment in their external parameters (e.g. trunk circumference). Pilot studies (Warsaw, Poland) were carried out 2003–2019 in two historical parks: Ursynów and Królikarnia. The dataset of trees’ parameters is based on detailed dendrological inventories. Test groups consisted of trees exposed to damage and not exposed to damage (Ursynów) and the control group – trees growing in unchanged site conditions (Królikarnia). Among the three most abundant species of dendroflora, Norway maples (Acer platanoides L.) show the most visible difference (>1.8 cm) between the normal and the inhibited growth in trunk circumference. Two other species – black locusts (Robinia pseudoacacia L.) and small-leaved limes (Tilia cordata Mill.) – also revealed statistically significant differences in the increment of the trunk circumference (respectively: >1.3 cm and >1.4 cm). In general, the reaction of affected trees was a significant reduction of circumference increments from 2.6 to 4.0 times concerning trees not exposed to damage. The verification made with the resistograph in 2019 confirmed a statistically significant decrease in radial increments of trees remaining in the impact zone of the earthworks. https://journals.vgtu.lt/index.php/JEELM/article/view/16354historical parksearthworkstree growthroot zonelandscape managementenvironmental sustainability |
| spellingShingle | Jan Łukaszkiewicz Beata Fortuna-Antoszkiewicz Jacek Borowski The impact of earthworks on older trees in historical parks Journal of Environmental Engineering and Landscape Management historical parks earthworks tree growth root zone landscape management environmental sustainability |
| title | The impact of earthworks on older trees in historical parks |
| title_full | The impact of earthworks on older trees in historical parks |
| title_fullStr | The impact of earthworks on older trees in historical parks |
| title_full_unstemmed | The impact of earthworks on older trees in historical parks |
| title_short | The impact of earthworks on older trees in historical parks |
| title_sort | impact of earthworks on older trees in historical parks |
| topic | historical parks earthworks tree growth root zone landscape management environmental sustainability |
| url | https://journals.vgtu.lt/index.php/JEELM/article/view/16354 |
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