The chapters in this book present a snapshot of the state of
knowledge of air pollution effects at the beginning of the 21st
century. From their different disciplines, a distinguished
collection of authors document their understanding of how leaves,
trees, and forests respond to air pollutants and climate change.
Scenarios of global change and air pollution are described. The
authors describe responses of forests to climate variability,
tropospheric ozone, rising atmospheric CO2, the combination of CO2
and ozone, and deposition of acidic compounds and heavy metals. The
responses to ozone receive particular attention because of
increasing concern about its damaging effects and increasing
concentrations in rural areas. Scaling issues are addressed - from
leaves to trees, from juvenile trees to mature trees, from
short-term responses to long-term responses, and from small-scale
experiments and observations to large-scale forest ecosystems.
This book is one major product of a conference sponsored by the
International Union of Forestry Research Organizations, the USDA
Forest Service Global Change Northern Stations Program, the Arthur
Ross Foundation, NCASI, the Canadian Forest Service, and Michigan
Technological University. The conference, held in May 2000 in
Houghton, Michigan, USA, was appropriately titled "Air Pollution,
Global Change, and Forests in the New Millennium." The Editors,
David Karnosky, Kevin Percy, Art Chappelka, Caroline Simpson, and
Janet Pikkarainen organized the conference and edited this
book.
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