Field application of acid mist to a single clone of Sitka spruce: Effects on foliar nutrition and frost hardiness

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 175-184

  Sheppard, Lucy J ^a   Crossley, Alan ^a   Harvey, Frank J ^a   Wilson, Deirdre ^a   Cape, J Neil ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Foliar mediated effects; Mature trees; OTCs

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; NITRATE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; PROTON; SULFATE; SULFUR;

ACID MIST; FROST HARDINESS; LEAF NUTRITION; SITKA SPRUCE;

ACID RAIN; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; COLD TOLERANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; NEBULIZATION; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; PH; PINE;

PICEA SITCHENSIS; PINACEAE;

EID: 0031423958     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0269-7491(97)00127-9     Document Type: Article

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