Aerosol capture by small trees in savannas marginal to treeless grassland in South Africa

Geoderma

Volumn 189-190, Issue , 2012, Pages 124-132

  Mills, Anthony J ^a   Milewski, Antoni V ^b   Sirami, Clelia ^c   Rogers, Kevin H ^d   Witkowski, Ed T F ^d   Stalmans, Marc ^c,d   Fey, Martin V ^a,e  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c C4 EcoSolutions ^*  (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dust deposition; Elements; Mineral dust; Nutritional augmentation; Pollution; Stemflow

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; CHEMICAL ELEMENTS; DUST; NUTRIENTS; NUTRITION; POLLUTION; SOILS; TRACE ELEMENTS; ZINC;

AEROSOLS PARTICLES; DIFFERENTIAL ELEMENTS; DUST DEPOSITION; ELEMENTAL CONCENTRATIONS; MINERAL DUST; NUTRITIONAL AUGMENTATIONS; POSSIBLE MECHANISMS; STEMFLOW;

FORESTRY;

AEROSOL; BERYLLIUM; CALCIUM; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; DUST; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PARTICLE SIZE; PEDOGENESIS; SAVANNA; SEEDLING; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SOIL NUTRIENT; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL-VEGETATION INTERACTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; STEMFLOW; STRONTIUM; TOPSOIL; ZINC;

AEROSOLS; DUST; FORESTRY; NUTRIENTS; PLANTS; POLLUTION; SOUTH AFRICA; TREES;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84863700340     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2012.05.006     Document Type: Article

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