Data quality in field surveys. Methods and results for tree condition, phenology, growth, plant diversity and foliar injury due to ozone

Developments in Environmental Science

Volumn 12, Issue , 2013, Pages 397-414

  Ferretti, Marco ^a   Beuker, Egbert ^b   Calatayud, Vicent ^c   Canullo, Roberto ^d   Dobbertin, Matthias ^e   Eichhorn, Johannes ^f   Neumann, Markus ^g   Roskams, Peter ^h   Schaub, Marcus ^e  

^a TerraData environmetrics   (Italy)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c FUNDACIÓN CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS AMBIENTALES DEL MEDITERRÁNEO CEAM   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

^e SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^f Northwest German Forest Research Station   (Germany)

^g FEDERAL RESEARCH AND TRAINING CENTRE FOR FORESTS   (Austria)

^h RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR NATURE AND FOREST INBO   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Data quality; Defoliation; Growth; Ozone injury; Phenology; Species diversity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875520837     PISSN: 14748177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-08-098222-9.00021-2     Document Type: Chapter

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