Ecological evaluation of dominant roadside plants through APTI and API for sustainable green belt development in cosmopolitan city (Lahore) of Pakistan
Abstract Keeping in view the potential role of plants in pollution abatement, reclamation of urban forest cover and carbon sequestration, fifteen (15) plant species growing along 7 busiest roads in the city of Lahore were ecologically evaluated using analytical tools such as Air Pollution Tolerance Index (APTI) and Anticipated Performance Index (AP