Psidium guajava 'Paluma' (the guava plant) as a new bio-indicator of ozone in the tropics

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 147, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 691-695

  Furlan, C M ^a   Moraes, R M ^b   Bulbovas, P ^a   Domingos, M ^b   Salatino, A ^a   Sanz, M J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Pós graduação em Biodiversidade Vegetal e Meio Ambiente   (Brazil)

^c FUNDACIÓN CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS AMBIENTALES DEL MEDITERRÁNEO CEAM   (Spain)

Author keywords

Foliar injury; Ozone sensitivity; Psidium; Tropical tree species, Bio monitoring

Indexed keywords

CARBON; FORESTRY; INDICATORS (CHEMICAL); OZONE;

BIO-MONITORING; FOLIAR INJURY; OZONE SENSITIVITY; PSIDIUM;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CARBON; OZONE;

BIOINDICATOR; BIOMONITORING; FRUIT; LEAF AREA; OZONE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SHRUB; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; EXPOSURE; GUAVA; PSIDIUM GUAJA; TROPICS;

BRAZIL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; OXIDANTS, PHOTOCHEMICAL; OZONE; PLANT LEAVES; PSIDIUM; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

CARBON; FORESTRY; LEAVES; OZONE; PLANTS; STIPPLING;

PSIDIUM; PSIDIUM GUAJAVA;

EID: 34247880289     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2006.09.014     Document Type: Article

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