Forest Decline in the Atlantic and Pacific Region

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XII

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2. Forest Decline in the Atlantic Region

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Forest Decline in Switzerland: A Review

      • F. Haemmerli, R. Schlaepfer

      Pages 3-17

   3. Role of Climate, Stand Dynamics and Past Management in Forest Declines: A Review of Ten Years of Field Ecology in France

      • G. Landmann

      Pages 18-39

   4. Some Factors Affecting the Crown Density of Trees in Great Britain Based on Recent Annual Surveys of Forest Condition

      • J. L. Innes

      Pages 40-53

   5. The Effects of Acidic Deposition and Ozone on Forest Tree Species in the Eastern United States: Results from the Forest Response Program

      • G. D. Hertel, C. Eagar, S. A. Medlarz, M. W. McFadden

      Pages 54-65

   6. Atmospheric Deposition, Forest Nutrient Status, and Forest Decline: Implications of the Integrated Forest Study

      • D. W. Johnson, S. E. Lindberg, H. Van Miegroet, G. M. Lovett, D. W. Cole, M. J. Mitchell et al.

      Pages 66-81

   7. Changes in the Role of Nitrogen in Central European Forests

      • K. Kreutzer

      Pages 82-96

   8. Mg Deficiency — A “New” Phenomenon in Declining Forests—Symptoms and Effects, Causes, Recuperation

      • R. F. Huettl

      Pages 97-114

   9. K Deficiency of Spruce on Acid Soils Results in Needle Yellowing Quite Similar to “Acute Yellowing”, A Syndrome of the New Type of Forest Decline

      • M. Senser, K.-A. Höpker

      Pages 115-131

   10. Calcium and Magnesium Deficiency in Young Pines and the Stand Structure on the Affected Habitats

       • H. Raitio

       Pages 132-143

   11. Temporal Changes in Norway Spruce Foliar Nutrients and Response to Fertilization

       • A. Adamowicz, J. M. Skelly, L. H. McCormick

       Pages 144-161

   12. Response of Sugar Maple to Seven Types of Fertilization in Southern Quebec: Growth and Nutrient Status

       • B. Côté, W. H. Hendershot, I. O’Halloran

       Pages 162-174

   13. Microscopic Criteria for the Diagnosis of Abiotic Injuries to Conifer Needles

       • S. Fink

       Pages 175-188

   14. Vitality of Mycorrhizas and Health Status of Trees in Diverse Forest Stands in West Germany

       • I. Kottke, R. Weber, T. Ritter, F. Oberwinkler

       Pages 189-201

   15. Growth in “Declining” Forests of Baden-Württemberg (Southwestern Germany)

       • G. Kenk

       Pages 202-215

   16. Development of the Recent Episode of Tannensterben (Fir Decline) in Eastern Bavaria and the Bavarian Alps

       • O. Kandler

       Pages 216-226

3. Forest Decline in the Pacfic Region

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 227-227

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   2. Forest Decline in the Hawaiian Islands: A Brief Summary

      • D. Mueller-Dombois

      Pages 229-235

   3. Distribution and Dynamics of Metrosideros Dieback on the Island of Hawai’i: Implications for Management Programs

      • J. D. Jacobi

      Pages 236-242

Forest damage, forest decline, forest dieback - not related to biotic agents - is occurring in the Atlantic and Pacific regions. In Europe and Eastern North America this serious problem is considered to be, at least to some part, related to industrial air pollutants and their atmospheric conversion products, such as acid rain or ozone. Forest declines in the Pacific region have been attributed largely to natural causes involving forest dynamics, since air pollution and other negative anthropogenic influences are practically absent. Presented here are typical decline phenomena in the Pacific and Atlantic region, potential causes, effects and mitigation strategies, and the question whether there are any similarities on a functional or structural basis is addressed.

• Forest Decline
• Forstwirtschaft
• Luftverschmutzung
• Umweltverschmutzung
• Waldsterben
• air pollution
• environment
• environmental pollution
• environmental science
• forest
• forestry
• pollutants
• pollution
• ecotoxicology

• Center for Agricultural Landscape and Landuse Research, Institute of Forest Ecology, Eberswalde, Federal Republic of Germany

  Reinhard F. Huettl

• Department of Botany, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, USA

  Dieter Mueller-Dombois

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