Responses of the urban roadside trees to traffic environment

Acta Ecologica Sinica

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 2180-2187

  Li, Han E ^a   Li, Bing Tao ^b   Lan, Sheng Fang ^b  

^a FOSHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

City roadside trees; Electric conductivity; Heavy metal Pb, Cd; pH value; Stomata density; Sulfur

Indexed keywords

BAUHINIA; BAUHINIA X BLAKEANA; CINNAMOMUM; FICUS BENJAMINA; FICUS MICROCARPA; FICUS VIRENS; LAGERSTROEMIA; LAGERSTROEMIA SPECIOSA; MANGIFERA INDICA; MICHELIA ALBA;

EID: 26244449077     PISSN: 10000933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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