Changes in root starch contents of mature beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) along an ozone and nitrogen gradient in Switzerland

Phyton - Annales Rei Botanicae

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 223-228

  Thomas, V F D ^a   Hiltbrunner, E ^a,b   Braun, S ^a   Fluckiger W ^a  

^a Institute for Applied Plant Biology   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Fagus sylvatica; Nitrogen; Ozone; Root starch content

Indexed keywords

FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA;

EID: 0036823689     PISSN: 00792047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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