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I. Plant Responses to Air Pollution |
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Metabolism of atmospheric sulfur gases in onion |
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Impact of atmospheric NH3 deposition on plant growth and functioning -- a case study with Brassica oleracea L. |
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How sensitive are forest trees to ozone? - New research on an old issue |
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Northern conditions enhance the susceptibility of birch (Betula pendula Roth) to oxidative stress caused by ozone |
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29 | (8) |
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Physiological responses of trees to air pollutants at high elevation sites |
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Complex assessment of forest condition under air pollution impacts |
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Evaluation of the ozone-related risk for Austrian forests |
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Harald R. Bolhar-Nordenkampf |
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Causes of differences in response of plant species to nitrogen supply and the ecological consequences |
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II. Plant Responses to Climate Change |
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Long-term effects of elevated CO2 on sour orange trees |
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Plant responses to climate change: impacts and adaptation |
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Effects of elevated carbon dioxide concentration on wood structure and formation in trees |
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III. Plant Responses to Combination of Air Pollution and Climate Change |
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Carbon dioxide and ozone affect needle nitrogen and abscission in Pinus ponderosa |
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Effects of air pollution and climate change on forests of the Tatra Mountains |
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IV. Genetics and Molecular Biology for Functioning Improvement |
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MAPK signalling and plant cell survival in response to oxidative environmental stress |
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125 | (8) |
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Expression of cyanobacterial ictB in higher plants enhanced photosynthesis and growth |
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133 | (8) |
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Improvement of photosynthesis in higher plants |
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141 | (8) |
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Modification of CO2 fixation of photosynthetic prokaryote |
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149 | (8) |
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Specificity of diatom Rubisco |
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157 | (8) |
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Regulation of CO2 fixation in non-sulfur purple photosynthetic bacteria |
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V. Experimental Ecosystem and Climate Change Research |
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Experimental ecosystem and climate change research in controlled environments: lessons from the Biosphere 2 Laboratory 1996-2003 |
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Importance of air movement for promoting gas and heat exchanges between plants and atmosphere under controlled environments |
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Pros and cons of CO2 springs as experimental sites |
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VI. Global Carbon Cycles in Ecosystem and Assessment of Climate Change Impacts |
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Carbon dynamics in response to climate and disturbance: Recent progress from multi-scale measurements and modeling in AmeriFlux |
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Synthetic analysis of the CO2 fluxes at various forests in East Asia |
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215 | (12) |
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3-D remote sensing of woody canopy height and carbon stocks by helicopter-borne scanning lidar |
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227 | (8) |
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Assessments of climate change impacts on the terrestrial ecosystem in Japan using the Bio-Geographical and GeoChemical (BGGC) Model |
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235 | (8) |
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VII. Air Pollution and Global Change in Asia |
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Establishing critical levels of air pollutants for protecting East Asian vegetation -- A challenge |
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Major activities of acid deposition monitoring network in East Asia (EANET) and related studies |
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Land degradation and blown-sand disaster in China |
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261 | (10) |
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Impact of meteorological fields and surface conditions on Asian dust |
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271 | (6) |
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A case study on combating desertification at a small watershed in the hills-gully area of loess plateau, China |
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277 | (8) |
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A recipe for sustainable agriculture in drylands |
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285 | (10) |
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