The chemistry of precipitation, throughfall and stemflow in two holm oak (Quercus ilex L.) forests under a contrasted pollution environment in NE Spain

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 305, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 195-205

  Rodrigo, A ^a   Avila A ^a   Roda F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bulk deposition; Dry deposition; Holm oak forest; Leaching; N uptake; Throughfall

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION;

FORESTRY;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; PRECIPITATION QUALITY; STEMFLOW; THROUGHFALL;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CHEMISTRY; DRY DEPOSITION; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OAK; POLLUTION; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAIN; TRAFFIC;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NITROGEN; PLANT LEAVES; QUERCUS; RAIN; SPAIN; TREES; WATER MOVEMENTS;

SPAIN;

ILEX; QUERCUS; QUERCUS ILEX;

EID: 0037445908     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(02)00470-9     Document Type: Article

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