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Life pattern of urban trees: A growth-modelling approach

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Urban afforestation improves life quality in urban centers providing social and environmental benefits. Understanding growth of urban trees exposed to air pollution will support planning, managing and expanding urban areas. This approach intends to determine growth patterns of urban trees to support future urban planning. Non-destructive samples were collected from trees of Araucaria angustifolia (Bertol.) Kuntze in Araucaria city, Parana State, Brazil. Growth rings were related to pollutant concentrations and meteorological series. Growth reduction was observed except in the border areas of the city. Trees established during or after the period of industrialization incentives were most affected by air pollution, indicating that immature plants are more vulnerable. Sulphur dioxide and nitric oxide significantly affected growth of smaller trees. Those greater than 60 cm dbh did not demonstrate significant correlation with any identified pollutant. As the trees established before accentuated urbanization were less affected by air pollution, it is reinforced the importance of preserving remaining urban trees. We suggest that planning urban afforestation should precede industries placing. When urban planning is impossible, new planted trees should not be expected to grow as in free pollution areas, but they will still present satisfactory diameter increment, contributing to improve local urban environment.

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We are grateful to IBAMA (Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources) and Araucaria Town Hall for authorizing the collection of specimens (IBAMA/MMA/SISBIO license number 37679/2014) and Simon Drew for language translation and review. This work was supported by CAPES (Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel) and Embrapa Forestry (Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation).

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  1. Federal University of Paraná, Av. Pref. Lothario Meissner 900, Curitiba, PR, 80210-170, Brazil

    Aline Canetti & Sylvio Pellico Netto

  2. Embrapa Florestas, Estrada da Ribeira Km 111, Caixa Postal 319, Colombo, PR, 83411-000, Brazil

    Patrícia Póvoa de Mattos & Evaldo Muñoz Braz

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Canetti, A., de Mattos, P.P., Braz, E.M. et al. Life pattern of urban trees: A growth-modelling approach. Urban Ecosyst 20, 1057–1068 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11252-017-0659-0

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