Should we see urban trees as effective solutions to reduce increasing ozone levels in cities?

P Sicard, E Agathokleous, V Araminiene, E Carrari… - Environmental …, 2018 - Elsevier
Outdoor air pollution is considered as the most serious environmental problem for human
health, associated with some million deaths worldwide per year. Cities have to cope with the …

Integrated effects of air pollution and climate change on forests: A northern hemisphere perspective

A Bytnerowicz, K Omasa, E Paoletti - Environmental Pollution, 2007 - Elsevier
Many air pollutants and greenhouse gases have common sources, contribute to radiative
balance, interact in the atmosphere, and affect ecosystems. The impacts on forest …

Air pollution removal by trees in public green spaces in Strasbourg city, France

W Selmi, C Weber, E Rivière, N Blond, L Mehdi… - Urban forestry & urban …, 2016 - Elsevier
This study integrates i-Tree Eco model in order to estimate air pollution removal by urban
trees in Strasbourg city, France. Applied for the first time in a French city, the model shows …

Biodiversity, climate change, and adaptation in the Mediterranean

D Aurelle, S Thomas, C Albert, M Bally, A Bondeau… - …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Potential for, and limits to, adaptation to environmental changes are critical for resilience and
risk mitigation. The Mediterranean basin is a mosaic of biodiversity‐rich ecosystems long …

UAV multispectral imagery can complement satellite data for monitoring forest health

JP Dash, GD Pearse, MS Watt - Remote Sensing, 2018 - mdpi.com
The development of methods that can accurately detect physiological stress in forest trees
caused by biotic or abiotic factors is vital for ensuring productive forest systems that can …

[HTML][HTML] Impacts of air pollution on human and ecosystem health, and implications for the National Emission Ceilings Directive: Insights from Italy

A De Marco, C Proietti, A Anav, L Ciancarella… - Environment …, 2019 - Elsevier
Across the 28 EU member states there were nearly half a million premature deaths in 2015
as a result of exposure to PM 2.5, O 3 and NO 2. To set the target for air quality levels and …

A meta‐analysis on growth, physiological, and biochemical responses of woody species to ground‐level ozone highlights the role of plant functional types

P Li, Z Feng, V Catalayud, X Yuan, Y Xu… - Plant, Cell & …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The carbon‐sink strength of temperate and boreal forests at midlatitudes of the northern
hemisphere is decreased by ozone pollution, but knowledge on subtropical evergreen …

Monitoring natural and anthropogenic plant stressors by hyperspectral remote sensing: Recommendations and guidelines based on a meta-review

G Lassalle - Science of the Total Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
This review outlines the advances achieved in monitoring natural and anthropogenic plant
stressors by hyperspectral remote sensing over the last 50 years. A broad diversity of …

Spatiotemporal trends in ground-level ozone concentrations and metrics in France over the time period 1999–2012

P Sicard, R Serra, P Rossello - Environmental research, 2016 - Elsevier
The hourly ozone (O 3) data from 332 background monitoring stations, spread in France,
were analyzed over the period 1999–2012 and short-term trends were calculated. In the …

Impacts of acid deposition, ozone exposure and weather conditions on forest ecosystems in Europe: an overview

W De Vries, MH Dobbertin, S Solberg, HF Van Dobben… - Plant and Soil, 2014 - Springer
Abstract Background In 1994, a “Pan-European Programme for Intensive and Continuous
Monitoring of Forest Ecosystems” started to contribute to a better understanding of the …