Inferences on the tolerance of some forest woody angiosperms in an urban polluted environment

Urban settings represent some of the most humanly crowded and polluted environments. The genotype effect of five species that show tolerance to urban air pollution in Thessaloniki, Greece was investigated. The study was conducted in pairs of trees that were selected as growing under the same spacing and micro-environment, but showing noticeably different degrees of adaptation to air pollution ('tolerant' and 'sensitive' trees).

Tree height and leaf morphometric parameters were measured during two consecutive years. Results showed that in at least two species (Populus nigra, Celtis australis) the observed differences were significant between 'tolerant' and 'sensitive' phenotypes, with 'tolerant' trees exhibiting higher growth and larger leaves. It was indicated that the degree of tolerance to urban heavily polluted areas maybe related to both species and genotype, nevertheless this needs further investigation and analysis, especially under controlled environmental conditions.

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K. Giagli, Grigoris Vasilopoulos, F.A. Aravanopoulos

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2nd International Conference - 2009 (Juni 2009)

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