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Effects of Toxicants (pollutants) on a Biological Species — Some Mathematical Models

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It is well recognized that the deterioration of our environment by various kinds of industrial discharges (toxic effluents, pollutants) to the environment has very undesirable consequences on all living beings including plants. There are many examples of how air pollutants (primary and secondary) can destroy the character and productivity of vast areas of forests, agricultural crops and vegetation (Kozlowski, 1975,1980; Davis, 1972; Manning, 1975; Pack & Sulzback, 1976; Constantinidou & Kozlowski, 1979a,b;Garseded et al., 1981; Henriksson & Pearson, 1981; Norby & Kozlowski, 1981 ; Reinert & Gray, 1981 ; Smith, 1981 ; Stan & Schicker, 1982; McLaughlin, 1985; Singh et al., 1985, 1988; Yunus et al., 1985; Singh & Rai, 1991; Yunus & Iqbal, 1996; Dekok & Stolen, 1998; Agrawal & Agrawal, 2000).

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  1. Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow, India

    Mohammad Yunus

  2. National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow, India

    Nandita Singh

  3. University of Groningen, Haren, The Netherlands

    Luit J. de Kok

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Shukla, J.B., Agrawal, A.K., Dubey, B. (2000). Effects of Toxicants (pollutants) on a Biological Species — Some Mathematical Models. In: Yunus, M., Singh, N., de Kok, L.J. (eds) Environmental Stress: Indication, Mitigation and Eco-conservation. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-9532-2_30

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