Assessing urban habitat quality based on specific leaf area and stomatal characteristics of Plantago lanceolata L

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 158, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 788-794

  Kardel, F ^a   Wuyts, K ^a   Babanezhad, M ^b   Vitharana, U W A ^c   Wuytack, T ^a   Potters, G ^a   Samson, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b GOLESTAN UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Biomonitoring; Kriging; Leaf anatomy; Leaf morphology

Indexed keywords

BELGIUM; BIO-INDICATORS; HABITAT QUALITY; INDUSTRIAL LAND; KRIGING; LAND USE CLASS; LEAF ANATOMY; LEAF MORPHOLOGY; PLANTAGO LANCEOLATA; PORE SURFACE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION MAP; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; SPECIFIC LEAF AREA; STOMATAL DENSITY; STOMATAL PORE; STOMATAL RESISTANCE; URBAN HABITAT;

AIR QUALITY; FORESTRY; LAND USE; MORPHOLOGY; OCEAN CURRENTS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

ECOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOMONITORING; HABITAT QUALITY; HERB; KRIGING; LAND USE; LEAF AREA; LEAF MORPHOLOGY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; URBAN AREA;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HABITAT QUALITY; INDUSTRIAL AREA; LAND USE; PLANT LEAF; PLANT STOMA; PLANTAGO; POROSITY; SUBURBAN AREA; URBAN AREA;

ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT STOMATA; PLANTAGO; URBANIZATION;

BELGIUM; EAST FLANDERS; GHENT;

PLANTAGO LANCEOLATA;

EID: 74349115684     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2009.10.006     Document Type: Article

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