Assessing the Cooling and Air Pollution Tolerance among Urban Tree Species in a Tropical Climate
We present the results of classifying plants at species level that can tolerate air pollution, provide cooling, and simultaneously survive and thrive in urban environments. For this purpose, we estimated the air pollution tolerance index (APTI) and anticipated performance index (API) of several spec...
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| author | Arerut Yarnvudhi Nisa Leksungnoen Tushar Andriyas Pantana Tor-Ngern Aerwadee Premashthira Chongrak Wachrinrat Dokrak Marod Sutheera Hermhuk Sura Pattanakiat Tohru Nakashizuka Roger Kjelgren |
| author_facet | Arerut Yarnvudhi Nisa Leksungnoen Tushar Andriyas Pantana Tor-Ngern Aerwadee Premashthira Chongrak Wachrinrat Dokrak Marod Sutheera Hermhuk Sura Pattanakiat Tohru Nakashizuka Roger Kjelgren |
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| description | We present the results of classifying plants at species level that can tolerate air pollution, provide cooling, and simultaneously survive and thrive in urban environments. For this purpose, we estimated the air pollution tolerance index (APTI) and anticipated performance index (API) of several species growing in a park located in central Bangkok, Thailand. The cooling effect was quantified by calculating the reduction in soil and air temperatures. <i>Melaleuca quinquenervia</i> (Cav.) S.T. Blake, <i>Albizia saman</i> (Jacq.) Merr., <i>Chukrasia tabularis</i> A. Juss. had the highest API score and were able to substantially reduce the temperature and were in a group of highly recommended species which also included other species like <i>A</i>. <i>saman</i>, <i>C</i>. <i>tabularis</i>, <i>Tabebuia rosea</i> (Bertol.) Bertero ex A. DC., <i>Dalbergia cochinchinensis</i> Pierre etc. Species from both evergreen and deciduous habitat were able to provide ambient cooling but were vulnerable to air pollution and included <i>Elaeocarpus grandifloras</i> Sm. and <i>Bauhinia purpurea</i> L. However, there were other species which had a high air pollution tolerance but failed to provide adequate cooling, such as <i>Hopea odorata</i> Roxb. and <i>Millingtonia hortensis</i> L.f. The results would be of interest to urban greenspace landscapers in such climates while selecting suitable species that can provide multiple ecosystem services ranging from air pollution tolerance to temperature reduction without reducing plant vitality. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9c6092a1bb9145a79bd1bbf70d8bfd7b2023-11-24T09:39:12ZengMDPI AGPlants2223-77472022-11-011122307410.3390/plants11223074Assessing the Cooling and Air Pollution Tolerance among Urban Tree Species in a Tropical ClimateArerut Yarnvudhi0Nisa Leksungnoen1Tushar Andriyas2Pantana Tor-Ngern3Aerwadee Premashthira4Chongrak Wachrinrat5Dokrak Marod6Sutheera Hermhuk7Sura Pattanakiat8Tohru Nakashizuka9Roger Kjelgren10Department of Forest Biology, Faculty of Forestry, Kasetsart University, Bangkok 10900, ThailandDepartment of Forest Biology, Faculty of Forestry, Kasetsart University, Bangkok 10900, ThailandCenter for Advance Studies in Tropical Natural Resources, National Research University-Kasetsart University, Kasetsart University, Bangkok 10900, ThailandDepartment of Environmental Science, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, ThailandDepartment of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Faculty of Economics, Kasetsart University, Bangkok 10900, ThailandCenter for Advance Studies in Tropical Natural Resources, National Research University-Kasetsart University, Kasetsart University, Bangkok 10900, ThailandDepartment of Forest Biology, Faculty of Forestry, Kasetsart University, Bangkok 10900, ThailandFaculty of Agricultural Production, Maejo University, Chiang Mai 50290, ThailandFaculty of Environment and Resource Studies, Mahidol University, Nakhon Pathom 73170, ThailandForest and Forest Products Research Institute, Tsukuba 300-1244, Japan12HE UF/IFAS Dept. Environmental Horticulture, University of Florida, Apopka, FL 32703, USAWe present the results of classifying plants at species level that can tolerate air pollution, provide cooling, and simultaneously survive and thrive in urban environments. For this purpose, we estimated the air pollution tolerance index (APTI) and anticipated performance index (API) of several species growing in a park located in central Bangkok, Thailand. The cooling effect was quantified by calculating the reduction in soil and air temperatures. <i>Melaleuca quinquenervia</i> (Cav.) S.T. Blake, <i>Albizia saman</i> (Jacq.) Merr., <i>Chukrasia tabularis</i> A. Juss. had the highest API score and were able to substantially reduce the temperature and were in a group of highly recommended species which also included other species like <i>A</i>. <i>saman</i>, <i>C</i>. <i>tabularis</i>, <i>Tabebuia rosea</i> (Bertol.) Bertero ex A. DC., <i>Dalbergia cochinchinensis</i> Pierre etc. Species from both evergreen and deciduous habitat were able to provide ambient cooling but were vulnerable to air pollution and included <i>Elaeocarpus grandifloras</i> Sm. and <i>Bauhinia purpurea</i> L. However, there were other species which had a high air pollution tolerance but failed to provide adequate cooling, such as <i>Hopea odorata</i> Roxb. and <i>Millingtonia hortensis</i> L.f. The results would be of interest to urban greenspace landscapers in such climates while selecting suitable species that can provide multiple ecosystem services ranging from air pollution tolerance to temperature reduction without reducing plant vitality.https://www.mdpi.com/2223-7747/11/22/3074ecosystem servicesair pollution toleranceanticipated performance indexshading |
| spellingShingle | Arerut Yarnvudhi Nisa Leksungnoen Tushar Andriyas Pantana Tor-Ngern Aerwadee Premashthira Chongrak Wachrinrat Dokrak Marod Sutheera Hermhuk Sura Pattanakiat Tohru Nakashizuka Roger Kjelgren Assessing the Cooling and Air Pollution Tolerance among Urban Tree Species in a Tropical Climate Plants ecosystem services air pollution tolerance anticipated performance index shading |
| title | Assessing the Cooling and Air Pollution Tolerance among Urban Tree Species in a Tropical Climate |
| title_full | Assessing the Cooling and Air Pollution Tolerance among Urban Tree Species in a Tropical Climate |
| title_fullStr | Assessing the Cooling and Air Pollution Tolerance among Urban Tree Species in a Tropical Climate |
| title_full_unstemmed | Assessing the Cooling and Air Pollution Tolerance among Urban Tree Species in a Tropical Climate |
| title_short | Assessing the Cooling and Air Pollution Tolerance among Urban Tree Species in a Tropical Climate |
| title_sort | assessing the cooling and air pollution tolerance among urban tree species in a tropical climate |
| topic | ecosystem services air pollution tolerance anticipated performance index shading |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2223-7747/11/22/3074 |
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