How do airborne and deposition pollen samplers reflect the atmospheric dispersal of different pollen types? An example from northern Finland

Grana

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 285-296

  Ranta, Hanna ^a   Sokol, Catherina ^b   Hicks, Sheila ^b   Heino, Saini ^a   Kubin, Eero ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^c FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Airborne pollen; Anthropogenic impact; Betula spp.; Climate; Cyperaceae; Ericaceae; Long range transport; Pinus sylvestris; Pollen deposition; Tree pollen; Urticaceae

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CONIFEROUS TREE; DISPERSAL; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; POLLEN; SEDGE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

BETULA; CYPERACEAE; ERICACEAE; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; URTICACEAE;

EID: 57649227234     PISSN: 00173134     EISSN: 16512049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00173130802457230     Document Type: Article

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