Contribution of ambient ozone to Scots pine defoliation and reduced growth in the Central European forests: A Lithuanian case study

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 155, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 436-445

  Augustaitis, Algirdas ^a   Bytnerowicz, Andrzej ^b  

^a VYTAUTAS MAGNUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acidifying compounds; Basal area increment; Defoliation; Meteorological parameters; Peak ozone concentration; Scots pine

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; OZONE;

ACIDIFYING COMPOUNDS; BASAL AREA INCREMENT; CASE STUDIES; CENTRAL EUROPEAN FORESTS; CROWN DEFOLIATION; DEFOLIATION; METEOROLOGICAL PARAMETERS; PEAK OZONE CONCENTRATION; PINUS SYLVESTRIS L.; SCOTS PINE; SCOTS PINES; STEM GROWTH;

FORESTRY;

OZONE;

ACIDIFICATION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONIFEROUS TREE; DEFOLIATION; GROWTH RESPONSE; NATIONAL PARK; OZONE; PHYTOTOXICITY; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POLLUTION MONITORING;

ARTICLE; DEFOLIATION; EUROPE; FOREST; METEOROLOGY; NATIONAL PARK; NONHUMAN; PLANT GROWTH; POLLUTION; SCOTS PINE; TREE CROWN;

ACID RAIN; AIR POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPE; LITHUANIA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OXIDANTS, PHOTOCHEMICAL; OZONE; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; PLANT LEAVES; TREES;

CONCENTRATION; DEFOLIATION; FORESTS; GROWTH; METEOROLOGY; OZONE; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; POLLUTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

BALTIC STATES; EURASIA; EUROPE; LITHUANIA; NORTHERN EUROPE;

PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 50149092627     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2008.01.042     Document Type: Article

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