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IMPACTS OF AIR POLLUTION AND CLIMATE CHANGE ON FOREST ECOSYSTEMS - EMERGING RESEARCH NEEDS
Citation:
PAOLETTI, E., A. BYTNEROWICZ, C. P. ANDERSEN, A. AUGUSTAITIS, M. FERRETTI, N. GRULKE, M. S. GUNTHARDT-GOERG, J. INNES, D. W. JOHNSON, D. KARNOSKY, J. LUANGJAME, R. MATYSSEK, S. MCNULTY, G. MULLER-STARCK, R. MUSSELMAN, AND K. PERCY. IMPACTS OF AIR POLLUTION AND CLIMATE CHANGE ON FOREST ECOSYSTEMS - EMERGING RESEARCH NEEDS. TheScientificWorldJournal. TheScientificWorld, Kirkkonummi, Finland, 7(S1):1-8, (2007).
Impact/Purpose:
Outcomes from the 22nd meeting for Specialists in Air Pollution Effects on Forest Ecosystems "Forests under Anthropogenic Pressure - Effects of Air Pollution, Climate Change and Urban Development", September 10-16, 2006, Riverside, CA, USA are summarized. Tropospheric ozone is still the phytotoxic pollutant of major interest.
Description:
Outcomes from the 22nd meeting for Specialists in Air Pollution Effects on Forest Ecosystems "Forests under Anthropogenic Pressure - Effects of Air Pollution, Climate Change and Urban Development", September 10-16, 2006, Riverside, CA, USA are summarized. Tropospheric ozone is still the phytotoxic pollutant of major interest. Challenging subjects are: how to make ozone standards more mechanistic and at the same time practical for a wide use; quantification of plant detoxification processes in the flux models; inclusion of multiple environmental stresses in critical load determinations; concept development of nitrogen saturation; the interactions between air pollution, climate and forest pests; effects of forest fire on air quality; the capacity of forests to sequester carbon under changing climatic conditions and co-exposure to elevated levels of pollution; links between molecular biology, biochemistry, physiology and morphological traits.