Influence of air pollution on the mountain forests along the Tateyama-Kurobe Alpine route

Ecological Research

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 821-830

  Kume, Atsushi ^a,f   Numata, Satoshi ^a   Watanabe, Koichi ^b   Honoki, Hideharu ^c   Nakajima, Haruki ^d   Ishida, Megumi ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

^b TOYAMA PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Toyama Science Museum   (Japan)

^d Toyama Agricultural Research Center   (Japan)

^e GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Diesel exhaust; Forest decline; Nitrogen dioxide; Ozone

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DIESEL ENGINE; GROWTH RESPONSE; MONTANE FOREST; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; POLLUTION TOLERANCE; POPULATION DECLINE; ROAD TRANSPORT; ROADSIDE ENVIRONMENT; TRAFFIC EMISSION; TRANSBOUNDARY POLLUTION;

CHUBU; HONSHU; JAPAN; TATEYAMA MOUNTAINS; TOYAMA [CHUBU];

CRYPTOMERIA JAPONICA; FAGUS; FAGUS CRENATA;

EID: 77951090279     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-008-0557-2     Document Type: Article

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