Contents Notes |
Preface / Gerard Hertel and Roger Blair -- Introduction: The Southern Commercial Forest Research Cooperative / Susan Fox -- 1. Southern Pine Forests of North America / Robert A. Mickler -- 2. Soils, Geomorphology, and Land Use of the Southeastern United States / Philip Schoeneberger -- 3. Air Quality and Atmospheric Deposition in Southern U.S. Forests / Eric R. Allen and Henry L. Gholz -- 4. Response of Loblolly Pine to Moisture and Nutrient Stress / Phillip M. Dougherty -- 5. An Overview of Responses of Southern Pines to Airborne Chemical Stresses / Paul Berrang, James S. Meadows and John D. Hodges -- 6. Biotic Agents of Stress in the South / James S. Meadows and John D. Hodges -- 7. Interactive Effects of Air Pollutants with Abiotic and Biotic Factors on Southern Pine Forests / Jon D. Johnson, Arthur H. Chappelka, Fred P. Hain and Allen S. Heagle -- 8. Atmospheric Deposition and Soil Resources of the Southern Pine Forest / Daniel D. Richter and Daniel Markewitz. Concern over the cumulative effects of ozone and acidic precipitation on the growth and productivity of pine forests and soils in the southern United States and the continuing examination of the role of pollutant and climatic stresses in forest declines in Europe has been a subject of public discussion and scientific debate. Information on forest resources, the chemical and physical environments, and the impacts of abiotic and biotic stressors on the growth and physiology of trees is necessary to understand and preserve the productivity and sustainability of forests, and to use the data as a basis for making policy, management, and legislative decisions. This volume is a synthesis of experimental results from field and laboratory studies and provides the current state of knowledge on the effects of air pollutants and acidic deposition on pine forests of the southern United States. This detailed examination of data, collected over five years in the Forest Response Program from the southern United States and supplemented with additional scientific information from the United States and Europe, illustrates the complexity of forest decline and the dynamic responses of forests to abiotic and biotic stresses. Ecologists, forest and wildlife scientists, land managers, informed environmentalists, and policymakers at the state and federal level will find this compendium of research and critical analysis a valuable synthesis document. |