@article{753855,
      recid = {753855},
      author = {Baltrėnaitė, Edita, and Baltrėnas, Pranas, and  Lietuvninkas, Arvydas,},
      title = {The sustainable role of the tree in environmental  protection technologies [electronic resource] /},
      pages = {1 online resource (xx, 344 pages) :},
      abstract = {This monograph describes ways of using trees and their  byproducts in environmental protection technologies and  methodologies throughout their lifecycles. The tree, the  planet's main source of biomass, is an indispensable tool  for sustainable technologies, and the authors present a  holistic picture of how and why in this volume. The authors  describe the indispensable role of the living tree in  phytoremediation and biomonitoring and detail the  relationship of the tree with its surrounding ecosystem.  The direct and indirect relationships of a tree at its  vegetation period with various components of the ecosystem  (i.e. atmosphere, hydrosphere, lithosphere and soil)  contribute to the role of a tree as the medium for  integrating aerogenic and edaphic pollutants. Trees  phytostabilize pollutants in their organisms and remove  them from the soil. The ability of some species of trees to  reflect the quality of the environment makes a basis for  the environmental bioindication, while quantitative  representation of the chemical composition of the  surrounding environment allows for the use of trees in  biomonitoring. Morphological features of trees (e.g. annual  tree rings) allow us to observe environmental conditions in  the past and retrospectively evaluate them. This monograph  also details how wood products (e.g. biochar, chips, bark,  etc.) of a tree after it has died are used in environmental  technologies. Due to the speci fic morphological form and  physical and chemical composition of wood products, they  may be used as active materials in the technologies aimed  at reducing pollution in an effective and sustainable  manner.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/753855},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-25477-7},
}