Variation in Brant’s oak (Quercus brantii Lindl.) leaf traits in response to pollution from a gas refinery in semiarid forests of western Iran

• Published in: Environmental science and pollution research international Vol. 29; no. 7; pp. 10366 - 10379
• Main Authors: Dadkhah-Aghdash, Hamed, Heydari, Mehdi, Zare-Maivan, Hassan, Sharifi, Mohsen, Miralles, Isabel, Lucas-Borja, Manuel Esteban
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.02.2022; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Air pollution; Antioxidants; Aquatic Pollution; Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution; Autumn; Catalase; Earth and Environmental Science; Ecosystem; Ecosystems; Ecotoxicology; Electrolyte leakage; Environment; Environmental Chemistry; Environmental Health; Environmental monitoring; Environmental science; Flavonoids; Forest ecosystems; Forests; Hydrogen peroxide; Iran; Leaves; Morphology; Oak; Oxidative stress; Phenols; Physiology; Plant Leaves; Pollutants; Pollution index; Pollution monitoring; Pollution sources; Pollution tolerance; Proline; Quercus; Quercus brantii; Refineries; Research Article; Seasons; Summer; Terrestrial ecosystems; Trees; Waste Water Technology; Water Management; Water Pollution Control; Iran; Leaf physiological traits; Semiarid oak forests; Sensitivity to air pollution; Gas refinery; Distance and seasonal effects; Different antioxidants

Air pollution around refineries and factories is one of the major environmental challenges affecting forest ecosystems’ health. Although there have been many studies on Iran’s forest ecosystems, the physiological and morphological responses of Brant’s oak ( Quercus brantii Lindl.) leaves to the poll...