Ecological impacts of air pollution from road transport on local vegetation

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1265-1271

  Bignal, Keeley L ^a,b   Ashmore, Mike R ^a,c   Headley, Alistair D ^a   Stewart, Kirstin ^a   Weigert, Katherina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GROUND VEHICLES; TRANSPORTATION; VEGETATION;

ECOLOGICAL IMPACTS; MOTORWAY; SPECIES COMPOSITION; VASCULAR SPECIES;

AIR POLLUTION;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BLANKET BOG; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DECIDUOUS TREE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; MOSS; MOTORWAY; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; ROAD TRANSPORT; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

BRYOPHYTA; FAGUS; HEXAPODA; POLYTRICHUM COMMUNE;

EID: 34249774881     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2007.03.017     Document Type: Article

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