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Desertification due to Air Pollution in Attica

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Desertification in Europe

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In this work some productivity characteristics as well as the regeneration capability of two typical mediterranean-type Attican ecosystems are considered in relation to their air-pollution load. It is found that both the primary production and the regeneration of the most polluted area (Korydalos) is strongly eliminated, and this finding is taken as an obvious signal of degradation which is gradually directing the system to a desert situation, due to air-pollution.

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  1. Division of Ecology, Department of Biology, School of Sciences, University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece

    N. S. Margaris, M. Arianoutsou-Faraggitaki, S. Tselas & L. Loukas

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  1. N. S. Margaris
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  2. M. Arianoutsou-Faraggitaki
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  1. Directorate-General for Science, Research and Development, Commission of the European Communities, Brussels, Belgium

    R. Fantechi

  2. Division of Ecology, Department of Biology, School of Sciences, University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece

    N. S. Margaris

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Margaris, N.S., Arianoutsou-Faraggitaki, M., Tselas, S., Loukas, L. (1986). Desertification due to Air Pollution in Attica. In: Fantechi, R., Margaris, N.S. (eds) Desertification in Europe. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-4648-4_16

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