Functional traits of urban trees: air pollution mitigation potential

0469831 - ÚVGZ 2017 RIV US eng J - Journal Article
Grote, R. - Samson, R. - Alonso, R. - Amorim, J. H. - Cariňanos, P. - Churkina, S. - Fares, S. - Thiec, D. L. - Niinemets, Ü. - Mikkelsen, T. N. - Paoletti, E. - Tiwary, A. - Calfapietra, Carlo
Functional traits of urban trees: air pollution mitigation potential.
Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. Roč. 14, č. 10 (2016), s. 543-550. ISSN 1540-9295. E-ISSN 1540-9309
EU Projects: European Commission(XE) FP1204
Research Infrastructure: CzeCOS II - 90061
Institutional support: RVO:67179843
Keywords : volatile organic compounds * particulare matter * isoprene emission * ozone deposition * climate change * global change
Subject RIV: EH - Ecology, Behaviour
Impact factor: 8.039, year: 2016

In an increasingly urbanized world, air pollution mitigation is considered one of most important issues in city planning. Urban trees help to improve air quality by facilitating widespread deposition of various gases and particles through the provision of large surface areas as well as through their influence on microclimate and air turbulence. However, many of these trees produce wind-dispersed pollen (a known allergen) and emit a range of gaseous substances that take part in photochemical reactions – all of which can negatively affect air quality. The degree to which these air-quality impacts are manifested depends on species-specific tree properties: that is, their “traits”. We summarize and discuss the current knowledge on how such traits affect urban air pollution. We also present aggregated traits of some of the most common tree species in Europe, which can be used as a decision-support tool for city planning and for improving urban air-quality models. © The Ecological Society of America

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