Overview

This standard textbook provides a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of the direct and indirect impacts of air pollution on plant life. Written by an international team of experts, the book covers the main historical aspects and sources of pollutants, atmospheric transport and transformations of pollutants, and issues of global change and the use of science in air pollution policy formulation. * covers all the main phytotoxic pollutants with due consideration given to impacts at all levels of plant organisation from molecular to ecological. * emphasises the effects of air pollutants in altering plant response to common stresses, both abiotic and biotic - fields in which considerable progress has been made since publication of the first edition. * includes coverage of how research leads to pollution control policy development. Essential reading for students in Environmental Science, Biological Science and Agriculture, as well as environmental consultants and professionals involved in air quality research and the application of air quality guidelines and advice.

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Author:   J. N. B. Bell (Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, University of London) ,  M. Treshow (University of Utah)
Publisher:   John Wiley & Sons Inc
Imprint:   John Wiley & Sons Inc
Edition:   2nd edition
Dimensions:   Width: 17.30cm , Height: 3.20cm , Length: 25.20cm
Weight:   0.936kg
ISBN:  

9780471490906

ISBN 10:   0471490903
Pages:   480
Publication Date:   17 April 2002
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock  
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...should be studied by many, whose interest lies in the preservation of air quality... (International Journal of Environment Studies, Vol.60, No.2, 2003) ...Bell and Treshow have produced what I suspect will be a classic. (Times Higher Educational Supplement, 30 May 2003)

"""...should be studied by many, whose interest lies in the preservation of air quality..."" (International Journal of Environment Studies, Vol.60, No.2, 2003) ""...Bell and Treshow have produced what I suspect will be a classic. (Times Higher Educational Supplement, 30 May 2003)"

...should be studied by many, whose interest lies in the preservation of air quality... (International Journal of Environment Studies, Vol.60, No.2, 2003) ...Bell and Treshow have produced what I suspect will be a classic. (Times Higher Educational Supplement, 30 May 2003)

...should be studied by many, whose interest lies in the preservation of air quality... (International Journal of Environment Studies, Vol.60, No.2, 2003) ...Bell and Treshow have produced what I suspect will be a classic. (Times Higher Educational Supplement, 30 May 2003)

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J. N. B. Bell and M. Treshow are the authors of Air Pollution and Plant Life, 2nd Edition, published by Wiley.

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