Lichen and bryophyte distribution on oak in London in relation to air pollution and bark acidity

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 146, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 332-340

  Larsen, R S ^a,b   Bell, J N B ^b   James, P W ^a   Chimonides, P J ^a   Rumsey, F J ^a   Tremper, A ^c   Purvis, O W ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bark pH; Biodiversity; Environment; NOx; Traffic; Urban

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; BIODIVERSITY; HARDWOODS; NITROGEN OXIDES; URBAN PLANNING;

BARK PH; BIOMONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; TRAFFIC;

ALGAE;

NITROGEN OXIDE;

ACIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BARK; BRYOPHYTE; DECIDUOUS TREE; LICHEN; NITROGEN OXIDES; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

ACIDITY; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; BARK; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; LICHEN; NONHUMAN; PH MEASUREMENT; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TREE; UNITED KINGDOM;

AIR POLLUTION; BRYOPHYTA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LICHENS; LONDON; NITROGEN OXIDES; PLANT BARK; QUERCUS;

AIR POLLUTION; ALGAE; BIODIVERSITY; CITIES; NITROGEN OXIDES; QUERCUS;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; LONDON [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

BRYOPHYTES;

EID: 33847100962     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2006.03.033     Document Type: Article

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