How tree branches are attached to trunks

[Gary Prentice]

Has anyone a copy of this article, published in the Canadian Journal of Biology, Volume 63, No.8, 1985 by A. Shigo

 

I can find it online, but it's $50.00 and I've hammered my research/book fund a bit too much recently:blushing:

 

I don't mind contributing if someone has purchased it themselves, or donating to the charity etc.

 

Gary

[JLA Arborists]

I recall something in trees biology their use and management. I will dig it out to see if its of any help

[Gary Prentice]

I recall something in trees biology their use and management. I will dig it out to see if its of any help

 

 

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[JLA Arborists]

[WoodED]

Duncan slater is one to look At, he is very interesting arguing with some of shigos theory's wrong

 

 

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[Gary Prentice]

Thanks, I've got these diagrams, its the original 1985 article I'm after. I'm trying to find out what Duncan Slater was alluding to in his article.

 

Shigo's paper describes an experiment in which the debarking of branch

junctions is carried out in June and then August of a particular year, on

which he bases his conclusions about the alternate overlapping of branch

and trunk tissues. However, this experiment does not give conclusive proof

that the trunk collar tissues envelope the branch collar tissues during one

growing season, followed by the overlaying of another branch collar at the

start of the next season. As Shigo's experiment was destructive, it only

illustrates that different branch junctions at different times of the year

showed different levels of occlusion in the adjoining trunk. Shigo's paper

significantly misrepresents what this test actually shows.

 

To cite this article: D. Slater & C. Harbinson (2010) TOWARDS A NEW MODEL

OF BRANCH ATTACHMENT, Arboricultural Journal: The International Journal of

Urban Forestry, 33:2, 95-105, DOI: 10.1080/03071375.2010.9747599

[Gary Prentice]

Duncan slater is one to look At, he is very interesting arguing with some of shigos theory's wrong

 

 

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Mattheck pretty much backed up Shigo recently though, apart from some minor discrepancies, which I think was in the recent Arb magazine.

[Gary Prentice]

:thumbup:bumpity bump

[Gary Prentice]

Anyone got an Athens account through uni?

[RobRainford]

I had one. Whether it's still active though I'm not sure

 

 

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