Publications : AAIS

Available direct from the Arboricultural Advisory and Information Service (AAIS), Alice Holt Lodge, Wrecclesham, Farnham, Surrey, GU10 4LH, England.  Tel. 01420 22022   Fax. 01420 22000      Tree Helpline: 0897 161147  calls charged at 1.50 per minute. 

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The following abbreviations are used within the index. 

• Numbering = series number/year of publication
• ARN=Arboricultural Research Note.
• ARIN=Arboricultural Research and Information Note.
• APN=Arboricultural Practice Note.
• TDA=Tree Damage Alert.
• * = Available for research only.

Notes that have been superseded by later notes or by Forestry Commission publications have not been included.  

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

A

• A Late Fall of Soot. Gregory S; Rose D; Gibbs J; (1996)  Tree Damage Alert 22
• A Taste of Honey. Gregory S;  Tree Damage Alert 26
• Add Salt to Taste (about 40 grams per square metre). Gregory S; Patch D; (1996) Tree Damage Alert 28
• Age. Tree age assessment. ARIN 137/97.
• Air quality (urban) - the improvement of, by trees. ARIN 135/96.
• Anthracnose of London Plane. First Published 1983. ARN 46/91.
• Aphids - Cypress and Juniper.   ARN 80/89.
• Are You Getting Rust(y) on your Poplars? Lonsdale D; (1999)  Tree Damage Alert 57

B

• Bacterial Wetwood. First Published 1980. ARN 20/82.
• Bare root stock, amenity planting with. ARN 97/91.
• Bats About Trees. Gregory S; Evans C; Mayle B; (1996)  Tree Damage Alert 27
• Bats and trees. First Published 1990. ARN 89/92.
• Birch - improvement for forestry and amenity. ARN 33/81*.
• Bleeding canker of aucasian Lime (Tilia x euchlora). ARN 111/92.
• Blight to trees caused by vegetation control machinery. ARN 107/92.
• Boring Old Thorns. Gregory S; Winter T; (1997)   Tree Tree Damage Alert 32
• Brown leaves due to slugworm damage. Tilbury C; Lonsdale D; (1999)  Tree Damage Alert 56
• Brown tail moth. First Published 1985. ARN 57/94.

C

• Cable TV routes - Pre-view. ARN 120/94.
• Canker stain of plane.  ARN 25/80*.
• Cell grown broadleaved stock. ARN 98/91.
• Chemical defoliation of hardy nursery stock 2. ARN 31/81*.
• Chemical Weeding - hand held applicators. First Published 1984. ARN 53/90.
• Christmas Trees Under Siege. Tilbury C; (1999)   Tree Damage Alert 55
• Cobweb fungus - Athelia. ARN 45/83.
• Compost from woody wastes. 1996. APN 2.
• Control of Conker formation. First Published 1978. ARN 1/91.
• Control of tree growth in the urban environment using geotextile fabric bags. ARIN 148/99.   
• Coppice. First Published 1980. ARN 21/88.
• Coryneum canker of Monterey Cypress. First Published 1982. ARN 39/90.

D

• De-icing salt damage to trees, diagnosis of. ARN 96/91.
• De-icing salt damage to trees - prevention and amelioration of. ARN 100/91.
• De-icing salt damage to trees - the current position. ARN 119/94.
• De-icing salt - tolerance of trees and shrubs to. ARN 99/91.
• Decay and disintegration of dead elms. First Published 1979. ARN 16/82.
• Detection of decay in trees. ARIN 144/98.
• Detection of decay with particular reference to the shigometer. First Published 1980. ARN 18/87.
• Dieback of flowering cherry Prunus 'Kanzan'. ARN 94/91.
• Down the Tubes. Gregory S; Kerr G; Patch D; (1996)   Tree Damage Alert 21
• Dropping Your Guard. Gregory S; Jones C; Pepper H; Patch D; (1997)  Tree Damage Alert 31
• Driveways close to trees. 1996. APN 1.
• Dutch Elm disease - Breeding elms resistant to. First Published 1978. ARN 2/96.
• Dutch Elm Disease - Certatotest, a fungicide treatment for. First Published 1981. ARN 32/83*.
• Dutch Elm Disease - fungicide treatment for control of. First Published 1985. ARN 61/96.

E

• Elm (English) regeneration. First Published 1979. ARN 13/94.
• Epicormic shoots on amenity trees - control of. First Published 1984. ARN 54/89.

F

• Fertiliser - sewage sludge as fertiliser in amenity and reclamation plantings. First Published 1988. ARN 76/94.
• Fireblight of ornamental trees and shrubs. ARN 118/94.
• Foliar nutrient levels in Lime. ARN 19/80*.
• Fungal Forays. Gregory S;  Tree Damage Alert 25

G

• Grass control using "Herbon lignun granules". ARN 30/81.
• Gypsy Moth - The Asian strain of, Lymantria dispar: A significant threat to trees. ARIN 124/94.

H

• Hazard tree evaluation - the role of mechanics in. ARIN 127/94.
• Health of non-woodland trees in England in 1998.  ARIN 147/98.
• Hedgerows - establishment of trees in existing. ARN 91/90.
• Hedgerows - establishment of tree in new. ARN 90/90.
• Herbicides for sward control among broadleaved amenity trees. First Published 1980. ARN 27/95.
• Horse Chestnut Scale: A pest of town trees. ARIN 122/94.

I

• "I know two things about the horse". Gregory S; Pepper H; (1996)  Tree Damage Alert 20
• Improving the growth of established amenity trees: fertiliser and weed control. ARN 103/91.
• Inoculation of Alder seedlings to improve seedling growth and field performance. ARN 88/90.
• Insect Pests - What kind of control? First Published 1979. ARN 11/82.
• It Won’t Choke You. Gregory S; Patch D; Ferris-Khan R; (1996)  Tree Damage Alert 29
• It’s the Thought That Counts. Gregory S; Gibbs J; Patch D;(1996)  Tree Damage Alert 30
• Ivy - boon or bane?. First Published 1989. ARN 81/90.

• Japanese Knotweed in amenity areas. ARN 106/95.

K

• Knopper gall.  ARN 55/84.

• Leyland Cypress - clones of. ARN 9/79*.
• Lightening damage to trees in Britain. First Published 1987. ARN 68/90.
• Lime trees and aphids. ARN 104/92.
• London Plane - crown damage. ARN 47/92.

M

• Mammals - A sound deterrent for. ARIN 149/99.  
• Mulch - black polythene to aid tree establishment. ARN 71/87.
• Mulch - sheet mulches: suitable materials and how to use them. ARN 72/87
• Mulch - Wood chips as mulch or soil amendment. ARIN 123/94.

N

• Native & exotic trees in Britain. ARN 29/81.
• Nursery. Sensitivity of broadleaved trees to desiccation and rough handling between lifting and transplanting. ARIN 139/97.
• Nursery spacing - the influence of, on outplanting performance of amenity trees. ARN 93/90.
• Nursery stock - assessing the quality of broadleaved. ARIN 126/94.
• Nursery stock - cold storage of broadleaved. s. ARIN 125/94.
• Nursery stock - comparison of of cell-grown and barerooted broadleaved stock for amenity and forest planting. ARIN 128/95.
• Nutrient injection into trees. ARN 112/93.
• Nutrition of broadleaved amenity trees: 1 Foliar sampling and analysis for determining nutrient status. First Published 1983. ARN 50/89.
• Nutrition of broadleaved amenity trees: 2 Fertilisers. ARN 52/84*.
• Nutrient supply - the effects of trees on. ARN 44/83.

O

• Oak decline and dieback in Great Britain - occurrence of. ARN 105/92.
• Oak defoliation. First Published 1986. ARN 60/88.
• Overweight, Oversexed and Over Here. Gregory S; Pepper H; (1997)  Tree Damage Alert 34
• Ozone effects on trees. ARIN 132/96.

P

• Phytophthora root disease. First Published 1985. ARN 58/95.
• Pine shoot beetles and ball-rooted semi-mature pines. ARN 101/91.
• Planting stock - viability of, reduced by rough handling.   ARN 64/86.
• Planting success rates - standard trees. ARN 66/86.
• Pollarded trees - the management of ancient. ARIN 131/95.
• Pollards - the management of ancient beech pollards in wood pastures. ARN 95/91.
• Pruning - definition of best position. ARN 48/83.
• Pruning - a comparison of 'target' pruning versus flush cuts and stub pruning. ARN 116/93.
• Pruning. Choosing the time of year to prune trees. ARN 117/93.
• Pruning wounds and decay. ARN 6/79*.

R

• Reclamation of surface workings for trees - 1:Landforms and cultivation. First Published 1981. ARN 37/84.
• Reclamation of surface workings for trees - 2:Nitrogen nutrition. First Published 1981. ARN 38/84.
• Roots and foundations. ARIN 142/98.
• Root architecture and pavement damage - street trees. ARIN 138/97.
• Root barriers - an experimental investigation.  ARIN 141/98.
• Root barriers and building subsidence. 1997. APN 4.
• Roots. Deflection of tree roots by rigid barriers.  ARIN 143/98.
• Root dip (alginure) and tree establishment. ARN 75/88.
• Roots and underground pipes. Revised. First Published 1981. ARN 36/97.
• Roots - forces exerted by. ARIN 134/96.
• Root systems - tree. ARIN 130/95.

S

• Seedlings- Damage to broadleaved seedlings by desiccation. ARN 8/79.
• Seeds (dormant) and their pre(sowing) treatment. First Published 1984. ARN 56/95.
• Selection of species for planting over domestic refuse. ARN 34/81.
• Shaded by trees. 1999. APN 5.  
• Soil ameliorants - do they help tree establishment.   ARN 69/87
• Soil injection, compressed air, around amenity trees. ARN 113/93.
• Soil - Organic soil amendments for tree establishment. ARN 86/90.
• Soils - Using steel rods to assess aeration in urban soils.. ARN 115/93.
• Stakes and ties. ARN 77/89.
• Staking - tree. First Published 1983. ARN 40/89.
• Summer Branch drop. First Published 1979. ARN 11/89.

T

• Television reception - the effects of trees on. ARIN 146/98.  Download PDF version. See footnote.
• The Gentle Pitter-patter of Spores on Willows. Lonsdale D; (1999)  Tree Damage Alert 58
• Treatment of tree wounds. ARN 28/81*.
• Tree Guards. Plastic mesh tree guards. First Published 1979. ARN 5/87.
• Tree pits - the use of water retentive materials in. ARN 92/90.
• Tree shelters. First Published 1985. ARN 63/87.
• Trees and shrubs for noise control. 2000. APN 6.  
• Trees. - Arboricultural research into the production and establishment of amenity trees. ARN 4/78*.
• Trees in dispute. 1998. APN 3.
• Trees, shelter and energy conservation. ARIN 145/98.
• Trees Strip Off in Hot Weather. Gregory S; Harmer R; Patch D;  Tree Damage Alert 24

U

• Ultimate spread of trees grown in towns. ARN 84/90.

V

• Voles- Protecting trees from field voles. First Published 1987. ARN 74/93.

W

• Walking Wounded. Gregory S; Patch D; (1997)   Tree Damage Alert 33
• Wasp, seed wasp affecting the wild service tree. ARN 3/78*.
• Water tables and trees. ARN 110/93.
• Weed competition - the effects of, on tree establishment. First Published 1985. ARN 59/89.
• Weed control - alternatives to Simazine in transplant lines and shrubbery's at time of planting. ARN 65/86*.
• Weed control - a comparison of the survival and growth of transplants, whip and standards with and without weed control. ARN 67/87.
• Weeping Willow - Marssonina canker and leaf spot (Anthracnose) of. ARN 78/89.
• Willow - scab and black canker of.  ARN 79/89.
• Willows - propagation of lowland willows by winter cuttings. ARN 85/90.
• Willows - watermark disease of. ARN 87/90.
• Winter shelter for agricultural stock. ARN 35/81.
• Winter - trees after, an interim report.  ARN 41/82*.
• Winter’s Legacy (and a bit of summer’s too). Gregory S; (1996). Tree Damage Alert 19
• Wood - how much for the stove? ARN 23/80*.
• Wounds - treatment of. ARN 109/92.