Carbon sequestration and foliar dust retention by woody plants in the greenbelts along two major Taiwan highways

Annals of Applied Biology

Volumn 159, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 244-251

  Wang, Y C ^a  

^a CHINESE CULTURE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Air pollutant removal; carbon sequestration; foliar dust retention; highway emissions; particulate matter; woody plants

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; DICOTYLEDON; DUST; GREENBELT; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; ROAD TRANSPORT; TRAFFIC EMISSION; WOODY PLANT;

TAIWAN;

ACACIA CONFUSA; ALSTONIA SCHOLARIS; BISCHOFIA JAVANICA; CASUARINA EQUISETIFOLIA; SWIETENIA MACROPHYLLA;

EID: 80051913922     PISSN: 00034746     EISSN: 17447348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7348.2011.00494.x     Document Type: Article

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