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Articles | Volume 25, issue 21
Articles | Volume 25, issue 21
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-25-15415-2025
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-25-15415-2025
© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
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Articles | Volume 25, issue 21
Research article
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11 Nov 2025
Research article |  | 11 Nov 2025

Variability in BVOC emissions and air quality impacts among urban trees in Montreal and Helsinki

Kaisa Rissanen, Juho Aalto, Jaana Bäck, Heidi Hellén, Toni Tykkä, and Alain Paquette

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Urban trees emit biogenic volatile organic compounds (BVOC) that affect air quality through the formation of ozone and particulate matter. Trees in Montreal and Helsinki did not emit more BVOCs than expected based on measurements from forest trees, but the emissions varied between individual trees and growth environments. Avoiding high-BVOC emitting tree species and management strategies that protect trees from BVOC-inducing stress factors would help minimise their negative air quality impacts.
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