Northern environment predisposes birches to ozone damage

Plant Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 191-196

  Oksanen, E ^a   Kontunen Soppela, S ^b   Riikonen, J ^b   Peltonen, P ^a   Uddling, J ^c   Vapaavuori, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

AfstY; AOT40; Birch; Northern Europe; Open field experiment; Ozone; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

OZONE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; DECIDUOUS TREE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FIELD METHOD; OZONE; PHENOLIC COMPOUND; POLLUTION EFFECT; RISK ASSESSMENT; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE;

BIRCH; DRUG EFFECT; ENVIRONMENT; PLANT LEAF; PLANT STEM; REVIEW;

BETULA; ENVIRONMENT; OZONE; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT STEMS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

BETULA; BETULA PENDULA;

EID: 34047092863     PISSN: 14358603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-924176     Document Type: Review

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