Effects of ozone on growth and gas exchange of Eucalyptus globulus seedlings

M Pearson1

  • 1Division of Biological Sciences, Institute of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YQ, U.K.

Tree Physiology
|March 1, 1995
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