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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 CO<INF>2</INF>, the combination of CO<INF>2</INF> 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.

"This book is the outgrowth of the International Union of Forestry Research Organizations, May 28-31, 2000, meeting"--Foreword.

Air pollution and global change : a double challenge to forest ecosystems / D.F. Karnosky ... [and others] -- What is the role of demographic factors in air pollution and forests? / D.S. Shriner, D.F. Karnosky -- Changing atmospheric carbon dioxide : a threat or benefit? / D.F. Karnosky ... [and others] -- Tropospheric ozone : a continuing threat to global forests? / K.E. Percy, A.H. Legge, S.V. Krupa -- Regional scale risk assessment of ozone and forests / G. Gerosa, A. Ballarin-Denti -- Limitations and perspectives about scaling ozone impacts in trees / T.E. Kolb, R. Matyssek -- Simulating the growth response of aspen to elevated ozone : a mechanistic approach from leaf-level photosynthesis to complex architecture / M.J. Martin ... [and others] -- Ozone affects the fitness of trembling aspen / D.F. Karnosky ... [and others] -- Responses of Aleppo pine to ozone / R. Alonso ... [and others] -- Ozone affects Scots pine phenology and growth / S. Manninen ... [and others] -- Ozone affects leaf surface-pest interactions / K.E. Percy ... [and others] -- Ultrastructural response of a Mediterranean shrub species to O₃ / F. Bussotti ... [and others] -- Ozone injury symptoms on vegetation in an Alpine valley, North Italy / F. Bussotti ... [and others] -- Forest growth and critical air pollutant loads in Scandinavia / C. Nellemann ... [and others] -- Norway spruce mortality and critical air pollutant loads / M.G. Thomsen, C. Nellemann -- Beech foliar chemical composition : a bioindicator of air pollution stress / G. Amores, J.M. Santamaría -- Atmospheric contamination of a national forest near a copper smelter in Northern Michigan / W. Beer, E. Jepsen, J. Roth -- Mycorrhizal community structure of Scots pine trees influenced by emissions from aluminum smelter / M. Rudawska ... [and others] -- Responses of forests in the eastern US to air pollution and climate change / R.A. Mickler ... [and others] -- An intensive monitoring study of air pollution stress in a beech forest in Spain / J.M. Santamaría ... [and others] -- Effects of elevated carbon dioxide and acidic rain on the growth of holm oak / E. Paoletti, F. Manes -- Effects of elevated CO₂ and O₃ on aspen clones of varying O₃ sensitivity : can CO₂ ameliorate the harmful effects of O₃? / B.A. Wustman ... [and others] -- Growth responses of aspen clones to elevated carbon dioxide and ozone / J.G. Isebrands -- State of science and gaps in our knowledge in relation to air pollution / M. Ferretti ... [and others] -- Air pollution and global change impacts on forest ecosystems : monitoring and research needs / D.F. Karnosky ... [and others].

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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