Effects of pollarding and weather on the incremental trunk growth of common lime (Tilia x europaea) in an urban context

Cores were taken from the trunks of thirty-five pollarded and thirty-five unpollarded lime trees (Tilia x europaea) in Kidderminster, Worcestershire, and annual growth rings were measured...Data suggest that weather, especially temperature and rainfall regimes of the preceding seasons, together with a range of site effects, including inter-tree spacing and soil, had a greater impact on annual trunk growth than pollarding. [UMN]

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