Evaluation of air pollution-related risks for Austrian mountain forests

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 99-112

  Smidt, Stefan ^a   Herman, Friedl ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESEARCH AND TRAINING CENTRE FOR FORESTS   (Austria)

Author keywords

Air pollution risk; Monitoring networks; Mountain forests; Stress physiology

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKERS; FORESTRY; IMPURITIES; OZONE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CRITICAL THRESHOLDS; MONITORING DATA;

AIR POLLUTION;

LEAD; NITROGEN; NITROGEN OXIDE; OZONE; PROTON; SULFUR;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; HEAVY METAL; MONTANE FOREST; PHYTOTOXICITY; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION MONITORING; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION INDICATOR; AUSTRIA; BIOACCUMULATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; EUROPE; EVALUATION; FOREST; MODEL; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT STRESS; RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ALTITUDE; AUSTRIA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FORESTRY; LEAD; NITROGEN; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; PROTONS; RISK FACTORS; SULFUR; TREES;

EID: 1642369019     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2003.10.027     Document Type: Conference Paper

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