Quercus ilex L. carbon sequestration capability related to shrub size

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 178, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 383-392

  Gratani, Loretta ^a   Catoni, Rosangela ^a   Varone, Laura ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carbon sequestration; Leaf anatomy; Leaf morphology; Quercus ilex; Shrub structure

Indexed keywords

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; LEAF ANATOMY; LEAF MORPHOLOGY; QUERCUS ILEX; SHRUB STRUCTURE;

FORESTRY;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ANATOMY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; IRRADIATION; LEAF MORPHOLOGY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SHRUB;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; CANOPY; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROUGHT; LEAF AREA; LEAF GAS EXCHANGE; LEAF STRUCTURE; LEAF SURFACE; MICROCLIMATE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHETIC RATE; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT HEIGHT; PLANT METABOLISM; QUERCUS ILEX; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHRUB; SPONGY MESOPHYLL; SPRING; THICKNESS;

AIR POLLUTANTS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESSES; QUERCUS;

ANATOMY; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHELATION; FORESTRY; LEAVES; QUERCUS ILEX;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

QUERCUS ILEX;

EID: 79960385295     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-010-1697-8     Document Type: Article

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