Forest Decline and Atmospheric Deposition Effects in the French Mountains

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XXIV

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2. Forest Health and Productivity: Temporal Trends, Relation to Climate, Site and Stand Factors

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Ground Monitoring of Crown Condition of Forest Trees in the French Mountains

      • G. Landmann, L. Bouhot-Delduc

      Pages 3-40

   3. Crown Damage in Norway Spruce and Silver Fir: Relation to Nutritional Status and Soil Chemical Characteristics in the French Mountains

      • G. Landmann, M. Bonneau, L. Bouhot-Delduc, F. Fromard, V. Chéret, J. Dagnac et al.

      Pages 41-81

   4. Crown Damage in Norway Spruce and Silver Fir: Relation to Site and Stand Factors in the French Mountains

      • G. Landmann, G. D. Bert, J. C. Pierrat, M. Becker, M. Bonneau, B. Souchier

      Pages 82-119

   5. Growth and Decline Symptoms of Silver Fir and Norway Spruce in Northeastern France: Relation to Climate, Nutrition and Silviculture

      • M. Becker, G. D. Bert, G. Landmann, G. Lévy, J. C. Rameau, E. Ulrich

      Pages 120-142

   6. Long-term Changes in Forest Productivity in Northeastern France: the Dendroecological Approach

      • M. Becker, G. D. Bert, J. Bouchon, J. L. Dupouey, J. F. Picard, E. Ulrich

      Pages 143-156

   7. Medium-Term Evolution of Forest Productivity in the French Mountains: The Use of National Forest Inventory Data

      • F. Houllier, G. Pignard, F. Schmitt, Ph. Bertrand

      Pages 157-173

3. Atmospheric Deposition in France

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 175-175

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   2. Atmospheric Deposition in France and Possible Relation with Forest Decline

      • E. Dambrine, E. Ulrich, N. Cénac, P. Durand, T. Gauquelin, P. Mirabel et al.

      Pages 177-200

4. Effects of Atmospheric Deposition on Forest Nutrient Cycling, Soils and Related Effects on Plants

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 201-201

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   2. Comparative Hydrochemical Behaviour and Element Budgets of the Aubure (Vosges Massif) and Mont-Lozère (Southern Massif Central) Norway Spruce Forested Catchments

      • A. Probst, F. Lelong, D. Viville, P. Durand, B. Ambroise, B. Fritz

      Pages 203-225

   3. Sulphur Stored in Forest Soils and the Relative Importance of Organic and Inorganic Forms. Examples from Mont-Lozère (Southern Massif Central)

      • B. Guillet, Ch. Vannier, F. Lelong

      Pages 226-232

   4. Cycling and Budgets of Acidity and Nutrients in Norway Spruce Stands in Northeastern France and the Erzgebirge (Czech Republic)

      • E. Dambrine, M. Bonneau, J. Ranger, A. D. Mohamed, C. Nys, F. Gras

      Pages 233-258

   5. Atmospheric Deposition, Forest Management and Soil Nutrient Availability: A Modelling Exercise

      • E. Dambrine, H. Sverdrup, P. Warfvinge

      Pages 259-269

   6. Potential Role of Aluminium Toxicity in Nutrient Deficiencies as Related to Forest Decline: An Assessment of Soil Solution Data from the Vosges Mountains

      • J.-P. Boudot, T. Becquer, D. Merlet, J. Rouiller, J. Ranger, E. Dambrine et al.

      Pages 270-285

   7. Water Regime and Magnesium Deficiency: Manipulative Experiments in Young Norway Spruce Stands

      • E. Dambrine, A. Granier, G. Lévy

      Pages 286-299

   8. Fertilization of Declining Conifers in the Vosges and the Ardennes: Effects on Soil, Nutrient Cycling, and Tree Health, Growth and Physiology

      • M. Bonneau, G. Landmann, J. Ranger, E. Dreyer, C. Nys

      Pages 300-328

5. The Role of Biotic Factors in Forest Decline

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 329-329

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   2. Role of Rhizosphere Microfungi in the Decline of Norway Spruce in Acidic Soils

      • O. Devêvre, J. Garbaye, F. Le Tacon, R. Perrin, D. Estivalet

      Pages 331-352

Forest decline became a matter of public and scientific concern in France in 1983 when conifers in the Vosges mountains were found to exhibit unusual crown deterioration. An impassioned controversy on a supposedly large scale forest health problem was then in full swing in Central Europe. A co-ordinated research programme entitled DEFORPA ("Deperissement des For~ts et Pollution AtmospMrique") was launched in 1984. This programme ran from 1984 to 1991 and a number of projects are still in progress. The Programme was sponsored by three French ministries (Enviroument, Agriculture and Forestry, Research and Technologyl), several state agencies, various regional authorities and the Commission of the European Communities (DO xn and DG VI). Initially, emphasis was solely laid on the understanding of forest decline in the mountainous areas - because damage was most obvious there - in relation to natural and man-made factors. Air pollution was given high but not overwhelming priority. Thus, the DEFORPA Programme was not in its essence a nation-wide assessment of air pollution effects, unlike a number of national acidification research programmes in Europe and North America. During. the programme, however, the areas of concern expanded. In particular, research into water acidification in the Vosges mountains was developed in parallel with the DEFORPA Programme, and possible eutrophication of the ground flora in northeastern France became the subject of new research.

• Acidification
• Air Pollution
• Atmospheric Deposition
• Bodenversauerung
• Forest Decline
• French Mountains
• Gewässerversauerung
• Luftverschmutzung
• Silviculture
• Soil
• Surface Water
• Waldschäden
• Waldsterben
• forest
• Ökologie

"Guy Landmann and Maurice Bonneau are to be congratulated. There have now been a number of books of this type on forest decline, however, this volume is focused and makes a valuable and unique contribution to the subject." - Environmental Pollution

• Département de la Santé des Forêts, Min. de l’Agriculture et de la Pêche, INRA — Centre de Nancy, Champenoux, France

  Guy Landmann

• Unité Ecosytèmes Forestiers, INRA — Centre de Nancy, Champenoux, France

  Maurice Bonneau

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