Abstract
Infrared overflight film was provided by the Texas Forest Service in September 1976 to aid in post oak mortality studies in the city of College Station, Texas. The film aided Texas A&M University urban forestry ground teams in locating trees under abnormal stress. Probable causes were determined on site. The gathered data indicated that construction related damage and not vascular diseases was the primary contributing factor to dieback and mortality. Recommendations were made to the city to reduce man-related stresses on this sensitive shade tree species. As a result a city forester position was established to design and promote tree policies. Incidental benefits of the tree survey included the adaptation of a grid sampling technique and a coordinate inventory system that can be used for street trees and off-street trees simultaneously.
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Claims 5
Claim · model-written summary
Construction-related damage, not vascular disease, was the primary contributing factor to post oak dieback and mortality
- Taxon
- post oak
Quercus stellatae0 - Outcome
- dieback and mortalitye1
- Qualifier
- construction related damagee1
- Setting
- city of College Station, Texase0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“post oak mortality studies in the city of College Station, Texas”
e1“The gathered data indicated that construction related damage and not vascular diseases was the primary contributing factor to dieback and mortality”
Claim · model-written summary
Infrared overflight film aided ground teams in locating post oak trees under abnormal stress
- Taxon
- post oakQuercus stellatae0
- Outcome
- locating trees under abnormal stresse2
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“post oak mortality studies in the city of College Station, Texas”
e2“The film aided Texas A&M University urban forestry ground teams in locating trees under abnormal stress”
Claim · model-written summary
Recommendations to reduce man-related stresses on post oak were made to the city
- Taxon
- post oakQuercus stellatae0
- Outcome
- reduce man-related stresses on this sensitive shade tree speciese3
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“post oak mortality studies in the city of College Station, Texas”
e3“Recommendations were made to the city to reduce man-related stresses on this sensitive shade tree species”
Claim · model-written summary
A city forester position was established to design and promote tree policies after the survey
- Taxon
- post oakQuercus stellatae0
- Outcome
- city forester position was establishede4
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“post oak mortality studies in the city of College Station, Texas”
e4“As a result a city forester position was established to design and promote tree policies”
Claim · model-written summary
A grid sampling technique and a coordinate inventory system were adapted for street and off-street trees
- Taxon
- post oakQuercus stellatae0
- Outcome
- grid sampling technique and a coordinate inventory systeme5
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“post oak mortality studies in the city of College Station, Texas”
e5“Incidental benefits of the tree survey included the adaptation of a grid sampling technique and a coordinate inventory system that can be used for street trees and off-street trees simultaneously”