@article{76fa71d6d33c4b2abfba5410556f431b,
title = "The importance of multi-scale temporal and spatial management for cemetery trees in Malmo, Sweden",
author = "Quinton, {Jessica M.} and Johan {\"O}stberg and Duinker, {Peter N.}",
note = "Funding Information: Cemeteries are described as financially unsustainable in the long term due to their reliance on the sale of burial plots to generate income and the perpetual ownership of burial space which prevents their re-use [25,27,28]. As space for burial plots run out, so does the money, limiting the funding available for reinvestment in cemeteries, including in tree management. Previous research on Canadian cemeteries indicated that tree management is not a high priority for cemetery managers, despite cemetery users highly valuing trees [25]. The low priority of tree management in these cemeteries is both directly and indirectly related to a lack of available funds [25]. Swedish cemeteries, unlike those in North America and the United Kingdom, are funded by a “burial fee” which is paid by Swedish citizens as part of their income tax [29]. Burial plots are owned for a period of 25 years, after which they can be renewed or re-used for additional burials [29]. Furthermore, the National Heritage Board [30], which is a government agency in Sweden, requires tree management plans to be created for all cemeteries. However, it is unclear whether the additional funding and tree management plans benefited the tree populations of cemeteries in Sweden. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2020 by the authors.",
year = "2020",
month = jan,
day = "1",
doi = "10.3390/f11010078",
language = "English",
volume = "11",
journal = "Forests",
issn = "1999-4907",
publisher = "MDPI AG",
number = "1",
}
