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Atmospheric ammonia plays a central role as the dominant source of external nitrogen input to many natural and semi-natural ecosystems including forests. The input of ammonia affects tree growth and viability either directly by affecting primary metabolic processes or indirectly via affecting soil properties. Ammonia deposition may in the short term stimulate tree growth, but will over a longer time scale inevitably lead to soil acidification and nutritional imbalances which must be counteracted by suitable management practices if tree viability is to be maintained (see Chapter 1.3 for further description of nitrogen toxicity).
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Nielsen, K.H., Schjørring, J.K., Erisman, J.W., Pearson, J. (2002). Ammonia exchange at the tree-atmosphere interface. In: Gasche, R., Papen, H., Rennenberg, H. (eds) Trace Gas Exchange in Forest Ecosystems. Tree Physiology, vol 3. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-9856-9_8
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