Leaf dust capturing capacity of urban greening plant species in relation to leaf micromorphology

ISWREP 2011 - Proceedings of 2011 International Symposium on Water Resource and Environmental Protection

Volumn 3, Issue , 2011, Pages 2198-2201

  Wang, Huixia ^a   Shi, Hui ^a   Li, Yangyang ^b  

^a XI'AN UNIVERSITY OF ARCHITECTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

capturing efficiencies; leaf surface micromorphology; particle matter; urban greening

Indexed keywords

CAPTURING EFFICIENCIES; DUST ACCUMULATION; EPIDERMAL CELLS; LEAF SURFACES; MAXIMUM VALUES; MICROMORPHOLOGIES; PARTICLE MATTER; PINUS TABULAEFORMIS; PITTOSPORUM TOBIRA; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT SPECIES; SELF-CLEANING PROPERTIES; URBAN GREENING;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; MORPHOLOGY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER RESOURCES;

DUST;

EID: 79960706707     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISWREP.2011.5893701     Document Type: Conference Paper

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