Potential and limitation of visual indices of tree condition

Chemosphere

Volumn 36, Issue 4-5, 1998, Pages 1031-1036

  Ferretti, M ^a  

^a LINN AEA Ambiente Srl   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATABASE; FOREST TREE; TREE CONDITION;

AIR POLLUTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; FOREST; PLANT LEAF; TREE; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION;

EID: 0032007627     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-6535(97)10167-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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