Factors affecting the ozone sensitivity of temperate European grasslands: An overview

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 146, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 678-691

  Bassin, S ^a   Volk, M ^a   Fuhrer, J ^a  

^a AGROSCOPE RECKENHOLZ TÄNIKON RESEARCH STATION ART   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Functional types; Grassland; Ozone; Productivity; Species diversity

Indexed keywords

BINARY MIXTURES; BIODIVERSITY; DATA REDUCTION; ECOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

MULTI SPECIES COMMUNITIES; OZONE DAMAGE; OZONE SENSITIVITY; TEMPERATE GRASSLAND COMMUNITIES;

OZONE LAYER;

OZONE;

DATABASE; GRASSLAND; OZONE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT;

ARTICLE; CANOPY; CLIMATE; COMMUNITY; COMPETITION; DATA ANALYSIS; ECOLOGY; EUROPE; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; GENOTYPE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHENOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT AGE; PRESSURE CHAMBER; PRODUCTIVITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPECIES COMPOSITION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TEMPERATE GRASSLAND;

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EUROPE; FUMIGATION; GENOTYPE; OXIDANTS, PHOTOCHEMICAL; OZONE; PLANT LEAVES; POACEAE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 33847166187     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2006.06.010     Document Type: Article

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