Assessing the risk caused by ground level ozone to European forest trees: A case study in pine, beech and oak across different climate regions

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 147, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 454-466

  Emberson, Lisa D ^a   Büker, Patrick ^a   Ashmore, Mike R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Beech (Fagus sylvatica); Critical levels; Deposition; Flux; Forests; Holm oak (Quercus ilex); Ozone; Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris); Stomata

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DEPOSITION; MOISTURE; OZONE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOILS;

BEECH (FAGUS SYLVATICA); CRITICAL LEVELS; SCOTS PINE (PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

FORESTRY;

OZONE;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; EVERGREEN FOREST; EVERGREEN TREE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GROWING SEASON; MODELING; OZONE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL MOISTURE; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BEECH; CLIMATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EUROPE; FOREST; OAK; PHENOLOGY; PINE; PLANT STOMA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL MOISTURE; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; TREE;

CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPE; FAGUS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OXIDANTS, PHOTOCHEMICAL; OZONE; PINUS; QUERCUS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TREES;

DEPOSITION; FAGUS; MOISTURE; PINUS; QUERCUS; SOIL; TREES;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; QUERCUS ILEX;

EID: 34247243946     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2006.10.026     Document Type: Article

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