Air pollution: worldwide effects on mountain forests

Anne M. Rosenthal; Andrzej Featured: Bytnerowicz

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Air pollution: worldwide effects on mountain forests

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Anne M. Rosenthal, Andrzej Featured: Bytnerowicz

Year:

2004

Type:

Miscellaneous Publication

Station:

Pacific Southwest Research Station

Source:

Science Perspective PSW-SP-002. Albany, CA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station. 6 p

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Abstract

Widespread forest decline in remote areas of the Carpathian Mountains has been linked to air pollution from urban and industrial regions. Besides injuring plant tissues directly, pollutants may deposit to soils and water, drastically changing susceptible ecosystems. Researcher Andrzej Bytnerowicz has developed effective methods for assessing air quality over wildlands.

Keywords

Air quality, forest decline, Carpathian mountains

Citation

Rosenthal, Anne M.; Featured: Bytnerowicz, Andrzej. 2004. Air pollution: worldwide effects on mountain forests. Science Perspective PSW-SP-002. Albany, CA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station. 6 p