Analyses of the impact of changes in atmospheric deposition and climate on forest growth in European monitoring plots: A stand growth approach

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 258, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1735-1750

  Solberg, Svein ^a   Dobbertin, Matthias ^b   Reinds, Gert Jan ^c   Lange, Holger ^a   Andreassen, Kjell ^a   Fernandez, Paloma Garcia ^d   Hildingsson, Anders ^e   de Vries, Wim ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d Forest Health Unit (General Directorate for Biodiversity) Gran   (Spain)

^e Swedish Forest Agency   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Climate; Deposition; Drought; Growth; Monitoring; Nitrogen

Indexed keywords

ACID DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITIONS; CAUSE-EFFECT RELATIONSHIPS; CENTRAL EUROPE; CLIMATE; COLLINEARITY; COMMON BEECH; DROUGHT INDICES; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; EXPERT ESTIMATES; FOREST GROWTH; GROWTH; MEAN TEMPERATURE; NITROGEN DEPOSITION; NORWAY SPRUCE; POSITIVE EFFECTS; PRECIPITATION DATA; SCOTS PINE; SITE CONDITIONS; SITE INDEX CURVES; SITE PRODUCTIVITY; SOIL C/N RATIO; SOUTHERN EUROPE; STAND AGE; STAND DENSITY INDEX; STAND GROWTH; STATISTICAL APPROACH; STEM VOLUME; SUMMER TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE INFLUENCE; TREE GROWTH; TREE SPECIES; VOLUME INCREMENT;

ACIDS; AIR QUALITY; DEPOSITION; DROUGHT; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; NITROGEN; PRODUCTIVITY; SULFUR;

FORESTRY;

ACID DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONIFEROUS TREE; DECIDUOUS TREE; DROUGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FOREST DYNAMICS; GROWTH RATE; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY;

AIR QUALITY; CLIMATES; DEPOSITION; DROUGHT; FORESTRY; GROWTH; METEOROLOGY; MONITORING; NITROGEN; PRODUCTIVITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

FAGUS; PICEA; PICEA ABIES; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; QUERCUS PETRAEA;

EID: 69349093928     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2008.09.057     Document Type: Article

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