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Forest Dieback/Decline: A Regional Response to Excessive Air Pollution Exposure

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Air Pollution and Forests

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Healthy forests are the rule and diseased forests the exception. Whenever forest trees become visibly symptomatic or die in large numbers and over widespread areas the phenomenon is dramatic and distressing to human managers and observers. The latter part of the twentieth century has seen numerous examples of forest dieback/decline in temperate and tropical latitudes. What is the role of atmospheric deposition in these forest dieback/decline phenomena?

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