Urbanization effects on tree growth in the vicinity of New York City

Nature

Volumn 424, Issue 6945, 2003, Pages 183-187

  Gregg, Jillian W ^a,c   Jones, Clive G ^b   Dawson, Todd E ^a,d  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEMS; NITROGEN; PLANTS (BOTANY); SOILS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

URBANIZATION EFFECTS;

URBAN PLANNING;

BIOFUEL; CARBON DIOXIDE; NITROUS OXIDE; OZONE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; GROWTH; POLLUTANT; TREE; URBAN ECOSYSTEM; URBANIZATION;

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; BUDGET; CHEMICAL REACTION; COTTON; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; MICROCLIMATE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NUTRIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SOIL; TEMPERATURE; TREE GROWTH; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION; WOOD; ASPEN; ENVIRONMENT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; SOIL POLLUTANT; TREE;

UNITED STATES;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; POPULUS;

AIR POLLUTANTS; BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS, CLOSED; ENVIRONMENT; NEW YORK CITY; OZONE; POPULUS; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TEMPERATURE; TREES; URBANIZATION;

EID: 0038495734     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature01728     Document Type: Article

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