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Responses of sulphur- and nitrogen-containing compounds in Scots pine needles

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Changes of Atmospheric Chemistry and Effects on Forest Ecosystems

Part of the book series: Nutrients in Ecosystems ((NECO,volume 3))

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Monitoring strategies are essential to determine changes or trends in forest ecosystems or populations of trees. These strategies involve repeated measurements over time of selected chemical and biological variables. The information can be of critical importance to hypothesis formulation, hypothesis testing, ecological prediction and ecotoxicological risk assessment (Smith, 1990).

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Schulz, H., Huhn, G., Härtling, S. (1998). Responses of sulphur- and nitrogen-containing compounds in Scots pine needles. In: Hüttl, R.F., Bellmann, K. (eds) Changes of Atmospheric Chemistry and Effects on Forest Ecosystems. Nutrients in Ecosystems, vol 3. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-9022-8_4

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