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

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Forest Decline and Atmospheric Deposition Effects in the French Mountains

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In the early 1980s, the explanations suggested for the so-called “forest decline” mainly involved the various forms of air pollution and, secondarily, the more-or-less direct effects of this pollution on soils. However, while this explanation alone seemed relatively clear and sufficient in the cases of severe dieback with nearby sources of heavy pollution, such as in the Ore Mountains, the role of regional air pollution in more widespread but less acute declines was yet to be convincingly established, despite numerous studies.

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  1. Unité Ecophysiologie Forestière, INRA — Centre de Nancy, F-54280, Champenoux, France

    M. Becker

  2. Unité Dynamique des Systèmes Forestiers, ENGREF, 14 rue Girardet, F-54000, Nancy, France

    G. D. Bert

  3. Départment Santé des Forêts (Ministère de l’agriculture et de la pêche), Antenne Spécialisée, INRA — Centre de Nancy, F-54280, Champenoux, France

    G. Landmann

  4. Unité Ecophysiologie Forestière, INRA — Centre de Nancy, F-54280, Champenoux, France

    G. Lévy

  5. Unité d’Ecosystèmes Forestiers et d’Ecologie du Paysage, ENGREF, 14 rue Girardet, F-54000, Nancy, France

    J. C. Rameau

  6. Département des Recherches Techniques, ONF, Bd de Constance, F-77305, Fontainebleau, France

    E. Ulrich

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Becker, M., Bert, G.D., Landmann, G., Lévy, G., Rameau, J.C., Ulrich, E. (1995). Growth and Decline Symptoms of Silver Fir and Norway Spruce in Northeastern France: Relation to Climate, Nutrition and Silviculture. In: Landmann, G., Bonneau, M., Kaennel, M. (eds) Forest Decline and Atmospheric Deposition Effects in the French Mountains. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-79535-0_4

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