Early responses to acute ozone exposure in two Fagus Sylvatica clones differing in xeromorphic adaptations: Photosynthetic and stomatal processes, membrane and epicuticular characteristics

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 128, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 93-108

  Paoletti, Elena ^a   Nali, Cristina ^b   Lorenzini, Giacomo ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

A Ci curves; Beech; Chlorophyll fluorescence; Drop contact angle; Fagus sylvatica; Lipid peroxidation; Membrane permeability; Xeromorphism

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; CONTACT ANGLE; LIPIDS; OXIDATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

CHLOROPHYLL FLUORESCENCE; DROP CONTACT ANGLE; FAGUS SYLVATICA CLONES; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; XEROMORPHISM;

HARDWOODS;

MEMBRANE LIPID; OZONE;

ADAPTATION; CHLOROPHYLL; CLONE; DECIDUOUS TREE; GAS EXCHANGE; MEMBRANE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE;

ARTICLE; BEECH; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; CLIMATE; CLONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); ITALY; LEAF GAS EXCHANGE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT EPIDERMIS; PLANT LEAF; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; WATER STRESS; WETTABILITY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AIR POLLUTANTS; FAGUS; OZONE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

CHLOROPHYLLS; CONTACT ANGLE; FAGUS SYLVATICA; LEAVES; LIPIDS; OXIDATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANTS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TUSCANY;

FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA;

EID: 34247884366     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-006-9418-z     Document Type: Article

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