Particulate matter and element accumulation on coniferous trees at different distances from a highway

Urban Forestry and Urban Greening

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 170-177

  Mori, Jacopo ^a,b   Hanslin, Hans Martin ^c   Burchi, Gianluca ^b   Sæbø, Arne ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Deposition trend; Enrichment factor; Picea sitchensis; Pinus sylvestris

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION; CONIFEROUS TREE; DEPOSITION; LEAF; PARTICULATE MATTER; ROAD; WAX;

NORWAY;

CONIFERALES; PICEA SITCHENSIS; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 84927691553     PISSN: 16188667     EISSN: 16108167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ufug.2014.09.005     Document Type: Article

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