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Forest Soil Reaction to Drastic Changes in Sulphur and Alkaline Dust Deposition in Three Scots Pine Ecosystems in Northeast Germany

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Atmospheric Environmental Research

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Forest ecosystems react sensitively to changes in environmental conditions. Until 1989 this was obvious through a continuous decline of the health status of forests in the former German Democratic Republic. The unification of Germany led to dramatic structural changes in the new federal states. The related regeneration of the atmosphere in areas with formerly extremely high pollutant deposition rates after just a few years, provokes remarkable changes in forest ecosystems. These effects were documented via comprehensive ecological and physiological studies, carried out in the so called “SANA-project” — an interdisciplinary research programme involving a large number of different research groups. This unique opportunity was utilised to conduct investigations over a number of years in former high deposition areas after a fast and dramatic reduction of pollutant emissions. To test the effects of these changes on forest ecosystems, the experimental sites were chosen along a deposition gradient.

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Schaaf, W., Weisdorfer, M., Huettl, R.F. (1999). Forest Soil Reaction to Drastic Changes in Sulphur and Alkaline Dust Deposition in Three Scots Pine Ecosystems in Northeast Germany. In: Möller, D. (eds) Atmospheric Environmental Research. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-58382-7_4

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