Biology, Controls and Models of Tree Volatile Organic Compound Emissions

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Niinemets, Ülo (Editor), Monson, Russell K. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: Tree Physiology, 5
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Physical geography.; Trees.; Plant science.; Botany.; Plant physiology.; Environmental chemistry.; Air pollution.; Life Sciences.; Tree Biology.; Plant Sciences.; Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution.; Plant Physiology.; Environmental Chemistry.; Earth System Sciences.

The book deals with a highly relevant interdisciplinary topic: tree-atmosphere interactions. Plant-driven volatile organic compound (BVOC) emissions play a major role in atmospheric chemistry, including ozone and photochemical smog formation in the troposphere, and they extend the atmospheric lifeti...