Traffic pollution affects tree-ring width and isotopic composition of Pinus pinea

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 408, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 586-593

  Battipaglia, Giovanna ^a,b   Marzaioli, Fabio ^b   Lubritto, Carmine ^b   Altieri, Simona ^b   Strumia, Sandro ^b   Cherubini, Paolo ^a   Cotrufo, M Francesca ^b,c  

^a SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^b SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

13Carbon; 15Nitrogen; Dendroecology; Radiocarbon; Stable isotopes; Traffic pollution; Tree rings

Indexed keywords

13CARBON; DENDROECOLOGY; STABLE ISOTOPES; TRAFFIC POLLUTION; TREE RINGS;

FOSSIL FUELS; ISOTOPES;

POLLUTION;

CARBON 13; CARBON 14; FOSSIL FUEL; ISOTOPE;

CARBON ISOTOPE; CONIFEROUS TREE; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; DENDROECOLOGY; DILUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FOSSIL FUEL; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; RADIOCARBON DATING; STABLE ISOTOPE; TRAFFIC EMISSION; TREE RING;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; DILUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EXHAUST GAS; ITALY; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL; URBAN AREA; WOOD;

CARBON ISOTOPES; CITIES; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; GEOGRAPHY; ISOTOPES; ITALY; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; PINUS; PLANT STEMS; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

CAMPANIA [ITALY]; CASERTA; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

PINUS PINEA;

EID: 70549093055     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2009.09.036     Document Type: Article

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