Ecological impacts of air pollution from road transport on local vegetation |
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| Authors: | Keeley L Bignal Mike R Ashmore Alistair D Headley Kirstin Stewart Katherina Weigert |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Geography and Environmental Science, University of Bradford, Bradford BD7 1DP, UK;2. Department of Biology and Environmental Science, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton BN1 9QJ, UK;3. Department of Environment, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK |
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| Abstract: | Motor vehicles emit a cocktail of pollutants and are a major contributor to ground-level air pollution, but little is known regarding the ecological impacts of air pollution from roads on the surrounding vegetation. Data are presented on vegetation at three sites adjacent to two major motorways in the UK, comprising two woodland sites and one blanket bog site. Surveys of oak and beech tree health (at the woodland sites) and species composition (at the blanket bog site) were undertaken along transects away from the motorway. |
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