Stem growth reduction in mature sitka spruce trees exposed to acid mist

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 185-193

  Crossley, Alan ^a   Sheppard, Lucy J ^a   Cape, J Niel ^a   Smith, Rognvald I ^a   Harvey, Frank J ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acid mist; Picea sitchensis; Sitka spruce; Stem growth; Timber yiel

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM NITRATE; SULFURIC ACID;

ACID MIST; SITKA SPRUCE; STEM GROWTH;

ACID RAIN; AIR POLLUTION; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOREST; GROWTH INHIBITION; PH; TREE; UNITED KINGDOM; WATER VAPOR;

UK, SCOTLAND;

PICEA SITCHENSIS; PINACEAE;

EID: 0030812752     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0269-7491(97)00022-5     Document Type: Article

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