Environmental conditions regulate the impact of plants on cloud formation

Volatile organic compounds (VOC) emitted by vegetation influence cloud formation, yet the impact of environmental stresses remains little known. Here, manipulation experiments reveal insect infestation and heat stress are linked to induced VOC and constitutive VOC emissions shifts, respectively.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: D. F. Zhao, A. Buchholz, R. Tillmann, E. Kleist, C. Wu, F. Rubach, A. Kiendler-Scharr, Y. Rudich, J. Wildt, Th. F. Mentel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-02-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14067