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Everything about Pollarding
Technique of severe pruning of trees
Pollarding is a pruning system involving the removal of the upper branches of a tree, which promotes the growth of a dense head of foliage and branches. In ancient Rome, Propertius mentioned pollarding during the 1st century BCE. The practice has been common in Europe since medieval times, and today is used in urban areas worldwide, primarily to maintain trees at a determined height or to place new shoots out of the reach of grazing animals. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: PollardingA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Tree growth and wheat productivity are affected by pollarding Faidherbia albida in semi-arid EthiopiaInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Troubled watersThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Is Active Management the Key to the Conservation of Saproxylic Biodiversity? Pollarding Promotes the Formation of Tree HollowsCited 109 times
- Go sideways: CoppicingA closely related topic
- Go sideways: PruningA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Verb present participle and gerund of pollard
🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Is Active Management the Key to the Conservation of Saproxylic Biodiversity? Pollarding Promotes the Formation of Tree Hollows
Wood harvest by pollarding exerts long-term effects on Populus euphratica stands in riparian forests at the Tarim River, NW China
Effect of pollarding frequency on biomass of Erythrina poeppigiana as a coffee shade tree
Pollarding Trees: Changing Attitudes to a Traditional Land Management Practice in Britain 1600–1900
Does pollarding trees improve the crop yield in a mature alley‐cropping agroforestry system?
250-Year reconstruction of pollarding events reveals sharp management changes in Iberian ash woodlands
Pollarding and a possible explanation of the neolithic elmfall
Old oaks show increasing growth synchrony after pollarding cessation as climate becomes more arid
🆕 Influential since 2022
Tree growth and wheat productivity are affected by pollarding Faidherbia albida in semi-arid Ethiopia
Reconstructing 450 Years of Pollarding Events in Spanish Deciduous Oak Woodlands Using Machine Learning
Pollarding May Relieve Drought Stress in Black Poplars
“Historical signs in the landscape”: Ecosystem services, motivation and challenges of pollarding in Western Norway
Improving the Sustainability of Pollarding in Multifunctional Agro-Forestry Plantations
📚 Books worth reading
Troubled watersElizabeth Lemarchand · 1982- 📕How to play winning tennisRodney George Laver · 1964
Buried in the pastElizabeth Lemarchand · 1976
Guided by VoicesJames Greer · 2005
Suddenly while gardeningElizabeth Lemarchand · 2008
OUT OF THE ORDINARY: POLLARD THOMAS EDWARDS ARCHITECTSStephen Chance · 2005- 📕L' art japonais à l'Art Gallery of Greater VictoriaArt Gallery of Greater Victoria · 1972
Unhappy returnsElizabeth Lemarchand · 2009
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