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Trends Plant Sci

Title:		Gardening and urban landscaping: significant players in global change
Author(s):		Niinemets U; Penuelas J;
Address:		"Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Estonian University of Life Sciences, Kreutzwaldi 1, Tartu 51014, Estonia"
Journal Title:		Trends Plant Sci
Year:		2008
Volume:		20080211
Issue:		2
Page Number:		60 - 65
DOI:		10.1016/j.tplants.2007.11.009
ISSN/ISBN:		1360-1385 (Print) 1360-1385 (Linking)
Abstract:		"Global warming leads to shifts in vegetation types in given temperate environments. The fastest species movement is due to the globalized supply and use of exotic plants in gardening and urban landscaping. These standard practices circumvent dispersal limitations and biological and environmental stresses; they have three major global impacts: (i) the enhancement of biological invasions, (ii) the elevation of volatile organic compound emissions and the resulting increase in photochemical smog formation, and (iii) the enhancement of CO(2) fixation and water use by gardened plants. These global effects, none of which are currently considered in global-change scenarios, are increasingly amplified with further warming and urbanization. We urge for quantitative assessment of the global effects of gardening and urban landscaping"
Keywords:		"Carbon Dioxide/metabolism *Gardening *Greenhouse Effect Oils, Volatile/metabolism Plants/*metabolism Seasons *Urbanization Water/metabolism;"
Notes:		"MedlineNiinemets, Ulo Penuelas, Josep eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't England 2008/02/12 Trends Plant Sci. 2008 Feb; 13(2):60-5. doi: 10.1016/j.tplants.2007.11.009. Epub 2008 Feb 11"