Response mechanisms of birch and poplar to air pollutants

Journal of Sustainable Forestry

Volumn 6, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 3-22

  Matyssek, Rainer ^a   Giinthardt Goerg, Madeleine S ^b   Schmutz, Paul ^b   Landolt, Werner ^b   Bücher, Jürg B ^b   Saurer, Matthias ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^c PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; BIRCH; POPLAR;

AIR POLLUTION; CARBON; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; IMPURITIES; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; OZONE; PLANTS (BOTANY); WOOD;

AIR POLLUTANTS; BETULA; CENTRAL EUROPE; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; POPULUS; STRUCTURAL DIFFERENTIATION; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY; TREES;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

EID: 0031593275     PISSN: 10549811     EISSN: 1540756X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J091v06n01_02     Document Type: Article

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