Morphological structure of Leaves and dust-retaining capability of Common Street Trees in Guangzhou Municipality

Shengtai Xuebao/ Acta Ecologica Sinica

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 2604-2614

  Liu, Lu ^a,b   Guan, Dongsheng ^a   Chen, Yongqin David ^c  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Guangzhou Sewage Treatment Co Ltd   (China)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Contact angle; Dust retaining capability; Guangzhou municipality; Morphological structure of leaves; Street trees

Indexed keywords

DICOTYLEDON; DUST; FOLIAGE; GREENSPACE; LEAF; MORPHOLOGY; RAINFALL; STREET CANYON; URBAN ECOSYSTEM; WAX;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; GUANGZHOU;

EID: 84877298516     PISSN: 10000933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5846/stxb201201100054     Document Type: Article

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