Below are highlights of current research and some past publications.:

Reducing Storm Damage in Urban Forests: A Pruning Guide
Brochure highlightiing how pruning approach affects bending moment in trees.

Wind and Trunk Stress on Shade Trees
by Mike Pavlis, B. C. P. Kane, J. R. Harris, and J. R. Seiler

Need more data? This is a more comprehensive view of the research behind the brochure from a 2007 poster presentation at the American Society for Horticultural Science annual meeting in Phoenix, AZ.

Copyright 2007 Virginia Tech Forestry Department.