Rapid recovery of stem increment in Norway spruce at reduced SO 2 levels in the Harz Mountains, Germany

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 164, Issue , 2012, Pages 132-141

  Hauck, Markus ^a   Zimmermann, Jorma ^a   Jacob, Mascha ^a   Dulamsuren, Choimaa ^a   Bade, Claudia ^a   Ahrends, Bernd ^b   Leuschner, Christoph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b Nordwestdeutsche Forstliche Versuchsanstalt   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acidic precipitation; Drought; Global warming; Soil acidification; Tree ring width

Indexed keywords

20TH CENTURY; ACIDIC PRECIPITATION; CLEAN AIR ACT; DEACIDIFICATION; FOLIAR DAMAGE; FOREST DECLINE; GERMANY; HARZ MOUNTAINS; HIGH ELEVATION; NORWAY SPRUCE; PICEA ABIES; RADIAL GROWTH; RAPID RECOVERY; SLOW GROWTH; SOIL ACIDIFICATION; SOIL ACIDIFICATIONS; SPRUCE STANDS; SPRUCE TREES; STEM GROWTH; TREE-RING WIDTH;

DROUGHT; GLOBAL WARMING; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

FORESTRY;

NITROGEN; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ACIDIFICATION; DROUGHT; EVERGREEN TREE; GLOBAL WARMING; POPULATION DECLINE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); STEM; SULFUR DIOXIDE; TOPSOIL; TREE RING;

ACID PRECIPITATION; ALTITUDE ACCLIMATIZATION; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CLIMATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; NORWAY; PH MEASUREMENT; SOIL ACIDIFICATION; SOIL ACIDITY; SPRUCE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; WINTER;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GERMANY; PICEA; RAIN; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ACIDIFICATION; DROUGHT; FORESTS; PICEA ABIES; PRECIPITATION; RINGS; STEMS; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

GERMANY; HARZ MOUNTAINS;

PICEA; PICEA ABIES;

EID: 84857135731     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2012.01.026     Document Type: Article

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