Impact of the mediterranean urban environment on photosynthetic efficiency of Quercus ilex Leaves

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 220, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 151-160

  De Nicola, Flavia ^a   Alfani, Anna ^b   D'Ambrosio, Nicola ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANNIO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll fluorescence; Leaf ageing; Leaf gas exchange; Photosynthetic pigments; Urban environmental stress

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL FLUORESCENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; LEAF AGEING; LEAF GAS EXCHANGE; PHOTOSYNTHETIC PIGMENTS;

CHEMICAL REACTIONS; CHLOROPHYLL; EFFICIENCY; FLUORESCENCE; PARKS; URBAN PLANNING;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

PIGMENT;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CHLOROPHYLL; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EVERGREEN TREE; FLUORESCENCE; GAS EXCHANGE; LEAF; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PIGMENT; URBAN AREA; URBAN SITE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGING; ARTICLE; CARBON FIXATION; CHLOROPHYLL FLUORESCENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GAS EXCHANGE; NONHUMAN; OAK; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT LEAF; QUERCUS ILEX; URBAN AREA;

CAMPANIA [ITALY]; ITALY; NAPLES; NAPOLI [CAMPANIA];

QUERCUS ILEX;

EID: 80052285317     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-011-0742-8     Document Type: Article

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