Deterioration of Norway spruce vitality despite a sharp decline in acid deposition: A long-term integrated perspective

Global Change Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 711-725

  Jonard, Mathieu ^a   Legout, Arnaud ^b   Nicolas, Manuel ^c   Dambrine, Etienne ^b   Nys, Claude ^b   Ulrich, Erwin ^c   van der Perre, Raphaele ^a   Ponette, Quentin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b Centre INRA de Nancy   (France)

^c Office National des Forêts Direction technique et commerciale bois   (France)

Author keywords

Atmospheric deposition; Crown condition; Foliar nutrition; Norway spruce; Nutrient cycling; Soil acidification; Soil solution chemistry; Tree vitality; Trend analysis

Indexed keywords

ACID DEPOSITION; ACIDIFICATION; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; CONIFEROUS TREE; INTEGRATED APPROACH; NUTRIENT CYCLING; SOIL CHEMISTRY; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TOXICITY; TREND ANALYSIS;

ARDENNES [WESTERN EUROPE];

PICEA ABIES;

EID: 84855849214     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2011.02550.x     Document Type: Article

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