Resources

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Ken James Mass Damping
(James et al 2006)

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Frank Rinn –  How much crown pruning is needed for a specific wind load reduction

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Jeremy Barrell – Safety in numbers the 1:10,000 time bomb

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Jeremy Barrell – Sleep Tight Protocol

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Suggested Reading List

Below is a suggested reading list for people undertaking the Professional tree inspection course. The following books are considered to be some of the essential reading and should form part of the tree inspector’s library.

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Duncan Slater, Assessment of Tree Forks, Junctions in Trees: Assessment of Junctions for Risk Management

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Lonsdale, Principals of Tree Hazard Assessment and Management

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Mattheck, Stupsi Introduces the Tree

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Mattheck, Updated Field Guide for Visual Tree Assessment

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Mattheck The Body Language of Trees: Encyclopedia of Visual Tree Assessment

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Watson & Green, Fungi on Trees.

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Andrew D Hirons and Peter A Thomas, Applied Tree Biology 

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Wilson, A-Z of Tree Terms: A Companion to British Arboriculture.

To be without trees would, in the most
literal way, to be without our roots

Richard Mabey

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