Climate Change and Air Pollution Effects on Forest Ecosystems

• Other Authors: Badea, Ovidiu (Editor), De Marco, Alessandra (Editor), Sicard, Pierre (Editor), Tanase, Mihai A. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2021
• Subjects: Research & information: general; silver fir; radial growth; wood characteristics; drought response; climate change; current annual increment; percentage volume increment; basal area; tree diameter; tree form-height; air pollution; increment cores; Norway spruce; radial growth series; gas exchange; ecosystem restoration; mountain forests; photosynthesis; diagnostic assessment; forest ecosystem; reference information; restoration plan; biodiversity; forests; valuing ecosystem services; policy making; SWAT; hydrological model; sensitivity analysis; calibration; validation; small forested watershed; temperate forests; climate change effects; Southern Carpathian forest management; forest growth; forest biomass; virgin forests; ecosystem services; natural capital; socio-economic system; ecological indicators; terrestrial laser scanning; aerial laser scanning; LANDIS-II; PnET; Southern Carpathians; production; species composition; species abundance; Romanian temperate forests; n/a
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Both climate change and air pollution have large negative impacts on physiological processes and functions at the individual tree level and on whole forest ecosystems. The objective of climate change and air quality monitoring is to make decisions, based on scientific knowledge, regarding how to bes...