Air Pollution and Forests

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2. Introduction

   1. Introduction

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3. Air Pollution

   1. Air Pollution

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4. Forests Function as Sources and Sinks for Air Contaminants — Class I Interactions

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   2. Role of Forests in Major Element Cycles: Carbon, Sulfur, and Nitrogen

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      Pages 57-82

   3. Forests as Sources of Hydrocarbons, Particulates, and Other Contaminants

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      Pages 83-112

   4. Forests as Sinks for Air Contaminants: Soil Compartment

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      Pages 113-146

   5. Forests as Sinks for Air Contaminants: Vegetative Compartment

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      Pages 147-180

   6. Class I Summary: Relative Importance of Forest Source and Sink Strength and Some Potential Consequences of These Functions

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      Pages 181-205

5. Forests are Influenced by Air Contaminants in a Subtle Manner — Class II Interactions

   1. Front Matter

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   2. Forest Tree Reproduction: Influence of Air Pollutants

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      Pages 209-224

   3. Forest Nutrient Cycling: Toxic Ions

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      Pages 225-268

   4. Forest Nutrient Cycling: Leaching and Weathering

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      Pages 269-291

   5. Forest Nutrient Cycling: Rhizosphere and Symbiotic Microorganisms

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      Pages 292-312

   6. Forest Tree Metabolism: Carbon Dynamics

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      Pages 313-345

   7. Forest Biotic Agent Stress: Air Pollutants and Phytophagous Forest Insects

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      Pages 347-365

   8. Forest Biotic Agent Stress: Air Pollutants and Disease Caused by Microbial Pathogens

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      Pages 366-397

   9. Forest Abiotic Agent Stress: Symptomatic Foliar Damage Directly Caused by Air Contaminants

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      Pages 398-434

   10. Class II Summary: Forest Responds by Exhibiting Alterations in Growth, Biomass, Species Composition, Disease, and Insect Outbreaks

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       Pages 435-483

6. Forest Ecosystems are Influenced by Air Contaminants in a Dramatic Manner—Class III Interaction

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This series is dedicated to serving the growing community of scholars and practitioners concerned with the principles and applications of environmental management. Each volume will be a thorough treatment of a specific topic of importance for proper management practices. A fundamental objective of these books is to help the reader discern and implement human's stewardship of our environment and the world's renewable resources. For we must strive to understand the relationship between humankind and nature, act to bring harmony to it, and nurture an environment that is both stable and productive. These objectives have often eluded us because the pursuit of other individual and societal goals has diverted us from a course of living in balance with the environment. At times, therefore, the environmental manager may have to exert restrictive control, which is usually best applied to humans, not nature. Attempts to alter or harness nature have often failed or backfired, as exemplified by the results of imprudent use of herbicides, fertilizers, water, and other agents. Each book in this series will shed light on the fundamental and applied aspects of environmental management. It is hoped that each will help solve a practical and serious environmental problem.

• Air
• Biom
• Forstökologie
• Luftreinhaltung
• Pathogen
• Pollution
• Vegetation
• ecosystem
• nutrient cycling
• ecotoxicology

• School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University, New Haven, USA

  William H. Smith

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