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THE EFFECT OF SIMULATED ACID RAIN ON TWO POPULATIONS OF SENECIO VULGARIS L.
Author(s) -
HODGKIN S. E.,
BRIGGS D.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
new phytologist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.742
H-Index - 244
eISSN - 1469-8137
pISSN - 0028-646X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-8137.1981.tb02347.x
Subject(s) - senecio , acid rain , botany , biology , population , ecology , demography , sociology
S ummary The effect of simulated acid rain on two populations of Senecio vulgaris was studied. Evidence suggests that the population from a relatively unpolluted area of the British Isles was more sensitive to applied dilute sulphuric acid than a population from east England, where a higher level of air pollution is likely. In making a cautious interpretation of our results, we point out that further studies are necessary before the hypothesis, that ecotypic differentiation occurs in response to acid rain, can be accepted.