Responses to SO2 pollution in 41 British herbaceous species

Functional Ecology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 483-490

  Ashenden, T W ^a   Hunt, R ^b   Bell, S A ^a   Williams, T G ^a   Mann, A ^b   Booth, R E ^b   Poorter, L ^b  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Air pollution; climate change; functional types; growth rate

Indexed keywords

GROWTH RATE; RUDERAL; STRESS TOLERATOR; SULPHUR DIOXIDE;

EID: 0030304597     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2389941     Document Type: Article

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