Ozone and/or water stresses could have influenced the Betula ermanii cham. Forest decline observed at Oku-Nikko, Japan

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 128, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 109-119

  Shimizu, Hideyuki ^a   Feng, Yan Wen ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^b CENTRAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Additive effect; Betula ermanii Cham.; Forest decline; Growth reduction; Ozone(O3); pF; Photosynthesis; Stomata; Water stress

Indexed keywords

HARDWOODS; OZONE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANTS (BOTANY); TRANSPIRATION; WATER;

FOREST DECLINE; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; WATER DEFICIENCY; WATER STRESS;

FORESTRY;

CALCIUM; CHARCOAL; CHLOROPHYLL; MAGNESIUM; NITROGEN; OZONE; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; RIBULOSEBISPHOSPHATE CARBOXYLASE;

DRY MATTER; OZONE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SHRUB; STOMATA; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; TRANSPIRATION; TREE; WATER STRESS;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; BIRCH; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFORESTATION; DRY WEIGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; HUMIDITY; JAPAN; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; SEEDLING; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; SWEATING; WATER STRESS; WATER SUPPLY;

AIR POLLUTANTS; BETULA; JAPAN; NATURAL DISASTERS; OZONE; RIBULOSE-BISPHOSPHATE CARBOXYLASE; TREES;

BETULA ERMANII; FORESTS; LEAVES; OZONE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANTS; ROOTS; SEEDLINGS; TRANSPIRATION; WATER;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; JAPAN; KANTO; NIKKO; TOCHIGI;

BETULA ERMANII;

EID: 34247842814     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-006-9409-0     Document Type: Article

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