Effects of heavy metal soil pollution and acid rain on growth and water use efficiency of a young model forest ecosystem

Plant and Soil

Volumn 297, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 171-183

  Menon, Manoj ^a,c   Hermle, Sandra ^b   Günthardt Goerg, Madeleine S ^b   Schulin, Rainer ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acid rain; Acidic subsoil; Biomass; Calcareous subsoil; Forest ecosystem; Heavy metals; Lysimeters; Soil pollution; Water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

ACID RAIN; CONIFEROUS TREE; DECIDUOUS TREE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH RATE; HEAVY METAL; LYSIMETER; SOIL POLLUTION; UNDERSTORY; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

ABIES; BETULA PENDULA; PICEA ABIES; POPULUS TREMULA; SALIX; SALIX VIMINALIS;

EID: 34548076084     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-007-9331-4     Document Type: Article

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