The effect of air pollution and other environmental stressors on leaf fluctuating asymmetry and specific leaf area of Salix alba L

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 159, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2405-2411

  Wuytack, Tatiana ^a   Wuyts, Karen ^a,b   Van Dongen, Stefan ^a   Baeten, Lander ^b   Kardel, Fatemeh ^a   Verheyen, Kris ^b   Samson, Roeland ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Active biomonitoring; Air quality; Fluctuating asymmetry; Specific leaf area; White willow

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE BIOMONITORING; AIR TEMPERATURE; BELGIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESSORS; FLUCTUATING ASYMMETRY; HERBIVORY; LEAF AREA; MEASURING STATIONS; SPECIFIC LEAF AREA; WHITE WILLOW;

AIR QUALITY; DATA REDUCTION; POLLUTION; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

NITROGEN OXIDE; OZONE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOINDICATOR; BIOMONITORING; DECIDUOUS TREE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; LEAF AREA; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION MONITORING;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION INDICATOR; AIR QUALITY; AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; HERBIVORY; HUMIDITY; LEAF AREA; LEAF AREA FLUCTUATING ASYMMETRY; LEAF LAMINA; LEAF WIDTH; MEASUREMENT ERROR; NONHUMAN; PLANT PARAMETERS; PLANT SHADING; PLANT STRESS; SALIX ALBA; WILLOW;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NITROGEN OXIDES; OZONE; PLANT LEAVES; SALIX; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

BELGIUM;

SALIX ALBA;

EID: 80052336439     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2011.06.037     Document Type: Article

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