Tropospheric ozone effects on chemical composition and decomposition rate of Quercus ilex L. leaves

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 409, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 979-984

  Baldantoni, Daniela ^a   Fagnano, Massimo ^b   Alfani, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Decaying leaf composition; Holm oak leaves; Mediterranean area; Ozone exposure

Indexed keywords

C/N RATIO; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; DECAYING LEAF COMPOSITION; DECOMPOSITION RATE; HOLM OAK FOREST; HOLM OAK LEAVES; LONG-TERM SUSTAINABILITY; MEDITERRANEAN AREAS; MESOCOSMS; NUTRIENT CYCLING; OZONE EXPOSURE; OZONE EXPOSURES; QUERCUS ILEX; TROPOSPHERIC OZONE; VEGETATION COMMUNITY;

CELLULOSE; DECOMPOSITION; FIRE HAZARDS; FORESTRY; LIGNIN; NUTRIENTS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TROPOSPHERE;

OZONE;

CARBON; CELLULOSE; LIGNIN; NITROGEN; OZONE;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DECOMPOSITION; EVERGREEN TREE; LEAF; NUTRIENT CYCLING; OZONE; TROPOSPHERE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; LEAF NITROGEN CONTENT; LITTER DECOMPOSITION; MESOCOSM; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT CYCLING; OAK; OZONE LAYER; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS MONITORING; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TROPOSPHERE;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ATMOSPHERE; CARBON; CARBON CYCLE; CELLULOSE; LIGNIN; NITROGEN; NITROGEN CYCLE; OZONE; PLANT LEAVES; QUERCUS;

CELLULOSE; DECAY; FOREST FIRES; FORESTRY; LIGNINS; MEDITERRANEAN; NUTRIENTS; OZONE; SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

QUERCUS ILEX;

EID: 78651443345     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.11.022     Document Type: Article

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