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Long-term Changes in Forest Productivity in Northeastern France: the Dendroecological Approach

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Forest Decline and Atmospheric Deposition Effects in the French Mountains

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Since the early 1980s, the question of “global change” has become a matter of increasing concern in Europe as well as in North America. This global change is expected as a result of the increase of so-called “greenhouse” gases in the atmosphere, of which carbon dioxide (CO2) is the most important. If the predicted doubling of the present CO2 concentration is realized by the year 2050, it is expected that the Earth will experience a global warming of between 1.5 and 4°C (e.g. Hansen et al. 1984; Washington and Meehl 1984; Wetherald and Manabe 1986; Wilson and Mitchell 1987; Schlesinger and Zhao 1987; Wigley and Raper 1992). The expected increase in global precipitation is between 7 and 15%. The regional details of expected temperature and precipitation changes are, however, very uncertain.

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  1. Unité Ecophysiologie Forestière, INRA — Centre de Nancy, F-54280, Champenoux, France

    M. Becker, J. L. Dupouey & J. F. Picard

  2. Unité Dynamique des Systèmes Forestiers, ENGREF, 14 rue Girardet, F-54000, Nancy, France

    G. D. Bert

  3. Unité Croissance, Production et Qualité des Bois, INRA — Centre de Nancy, F-54280, Champenoux, France

    J. Bouchon

  4. Département des Recherches Techniques, ONF, Bd de Constance, F-77305, Fontainebleau, France

    E. Ulrich

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  1. Département de la Santé des Forêts, Min. de l’Agriculture et de la Pêche, INRA — Centre de Nancy, 54280, Champenoux, France

    Guy Landmann

  2. Unité Ecosytèmes Forestiers, INRA — Centre de Nancy, 54280, Champenoux, France

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Becker, M., Bert, G.D., Bouchon, J., Dupouey, J.L., Picard, J.F., Ulrich, E. (1995). Long-term Changes in Forest Productivity in Northeastern France: the Dendroecological Approach. In: Landmann, G., Bonneau, M., Kaennel, M. (eds) Forest Decline and Atmospheric Deposition Effects in the French Mountains. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-79535-0_5

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