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In recent years concern has been expressed about the danger of harmful pollution deposits which affect areas at great distances from the emission sources.
The investigation was so designed that a possible reaction in growth resulting from a supposed acidification could be observed as far as possible. A poorer growth development was observed in regions, which are suspected of being more susceptible to acidification than those regions which are presumed to be less susceptible in this respect. We have found no good reason for attributing the reduction in growth to any cause other than acidification.
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Jonsson, B. and Sundberg, R.: 1972, Has the Acidification by Atmospheric Pollution Caused a Growth Reduction in Swedish Forests? A Comparison of Growth between Regions with different Soil Properties. — Research Note No. 20, Department of Forest Yield Research, The Royal College of Forestry, S-104 05 Stockholm 50, Sweden.
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Jonsson, B. Soil acidification by atmospheric pollution and forest growth. Water Air Soil Pollut 7, 497–501 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00285548
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00285548