Impact of Air Pollutants on Southern Pine Forests

Fox

• 22 december 1995
• 9780387943824

Samenvatting:

The public's attitude toward air pollution in the United States evolved substantially during the 1960s. This concern was heightened by press reports of high elevation spruce-fir forest declines in the Adirondack and Appalachian Mountains and the decline and death of sugar maples in the northeastern United States and Canada.



This book summarizes a five-year research program on the impact of air pollution on southern commercial forests. Topics covered include: the condition of southern commercial forests, abiotic and biotic stress factors on southern pine forests, growth and physiological effects of regional air pollutants on southern pines, and impacts of atmospheric deposition and ozone on southern commercial pines. The book will be of interest to scientists working on the effects of air pollution on trees, as well as environmentalists, policymakers, and resource managers.