"Forest ecosystems in Central Europe are changing as a result of anthropogenic influences and changing climate conditions. As such, a large-scale monitoring programme was undertaken in order to understand the influence of site modification, deposition of air pollutants, and climate. This book presents the scientific findings of this study for Germany, including the major challenges with regard to the future preservation and management of ..."
"... Karl Josef Meiwes, Hans-Dieter Nagel, Claus-Georg Schimming, and Nicole
Wellbrock 4.1 Introduction The deposition of acidifying pollutants drastically
altered the element cycles of forest ecosystems in large regions of the world (
Ulrich et ..."
"Achim Bräuning, Andreas Bolte, Cristina Nabais, Sergio Rossi, Ute Sass-
Klaassen. in the case of important forest species, such as Fagus sylvatica L. (
beech; e.g., Borghetti et al., 1993; Tognetti et al., 1995; GarcíaPlazaola and
Becerril, 2000; Peuke et al., 2002; Aranda et al., 2015; Knutzen et al., 2015;
Pšidová et al., 2015), in order to inform forest managers on adaptive capacities of
populations for stress tolerance and decrea ..."