Growth variation of white oak subjected to historic levels of fluctuating air pollution

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 193-202

  Long, R P ^a   Davis, D D ^b  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Forest growth; Sulfur dioxide; Tree ring analysis; White oak

Indexed keywords

SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; GROWTH; POLLUTION EFFECT; POWER PLANT; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; FOREST; GROWTH RATE; NONHUMAN; PLANT GROWTH; TREE; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032781837     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0269-7491(99)00077-9     Document Type: Article

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