THE IMPACT OF ROAD TRAFFIC ON PLANTS. THE PROCEEDINGS OF A SYMPOSIUM ORGANISED BY THE BRITISH ECOLOGICAL SOCIETY AND THE TRANSPORT AND ROAD RESEARCH LABORATORY, HELD AT EASTHAMPSTEAD PARK, WOKINGHAM, BERKSHIRE, 11-13 SEPTEMBER 1978

(continued from IRRD 248526). The effect of oxides of nitrogen on vegetation (Mansfield, TA); The effects of photochemical pollutants on vegetation (Ashmore, MR, Bell, JNB, Reily, CL and Dalpra, CD); A comparison of the effects of two levels of pollution on shrubs in an urban site (Arnal, G); The possibilities of using plants to alleviate the effects of the motor vehicle and of detecting "latent" injury (Keller, T); The possibilities of breeding resistance to environmental factors of roadsides (Humphries, MO). (TRRL)

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Includes comments by symposium participants and French and German summaries.
• Corporate Authors:

  Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)

  Wokingham, Berkshire  United Kingdom 
• Publication Date: 1979

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 127 p.
• Serial:
  • Supplementary Report
  • Issue Number: 513
  • Publisher: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
  • ISSN: 0305-1315

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air pollution; Chemical analysis; Conferences; Ecology; Environment; Environmental impacts; Exhaust gases; Improvements; Luminous intensity; Nitric oxide; Nitrogen; Nitrogen oxides; Oxides; Photochemical oxidants; Plants; Roadside; Shrubs; Strength of materials; Traffic; Urban areas; Vegetation; Vehicles
• Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
• Old TRIS Terms: Resistance
• ITRD Terms: 1394: Catalytic converter; 7163: Chemical analysis; 8525: Conference; 2442: Emission; 2455: Environment; 9108: Improvement; 505: Light intensity; 7128: Nitrogen; 7372: Oxide; 5544: Strength (mater); 755: Traffic; 8119: United Kingdom; 313: Urban area; 2488: Vegetation; 1255: Vehicle
• Subject Areas: Design; Environment; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Vehicles and Equipment; I21: Planning of Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00322209
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-028 969
• Files: HSL, ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: May 21 1985 12:00AM