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Ragweed (Ambrosia) Pollen Source Inventory for Austria

Karrer, G., Skjøth, C. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5992-9568, Šikoparija, B., Smith, Matt ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4170-2960, Berger, U. and Essl, F. (2015) Ragweed (Ambrosia) Pollen Source Inventory for Austria. Science of the Total Environment, 523. pp. 120-128. ISSN Print: 0048-9697 Online: 1879-1026

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Abstract

This study improves the spatial coverage of top-down Ambrosia pollen source inventories for Europe by expanding the methodology to Austria, a country that is challenging in terms of topography and the distribution of ragweed plants. The inventory combines annual ragweed pollen counts from 19 pollen-monitoring stations in Austria (2004–2013), 657 geographical observations of Ambrosia plants, a Digital Elevation Model (DEM), local knowledge of ragweed ecology and CORINE land cover information from the source area. The highest mean annual ragweed pollen concentrations were generally recorded in the East of Austria where the highest densities of possible growth habitats for Ambrosia were situated. Approximately 99% of all observations of Ambrosia populations were below 745 m. The European infection level varies from 0.1% at Freistadt in Northern Austria to 12.8% at Rosalia in Eastern Austria. More top-down Ambrosia pollen source inventories are required for other parts of Europe.

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Originally deposited as National Pollen and Aerobiology Research Unit (NPARU)

Uncontrolled Discrete Keywords: atmospheric models, inventories, aerobiology, digital elevation model, Ragweed ecology, Ragweed habitats, aeroallergen
Subjects: Q Science > Q Science (General)
Divisions: College of Health, Life and Environmental Sciences > School of Science and the Environment
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Depositing User: Carsten Skjoth
Date Deposited: 10 Apr 2015 14:40
Last Modified: 08 Sep 2020 04:00
URI: https://eprints.worc.ac.uk/id/eprint/3673

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