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The status of different response indicators of forest condition were measured and assessed between 1995 and 1997 at 6 Permanent Monitoring Plots (PMPs) in Tuscany (central Italy), where beech, holm oak and Turkey oak are the most frequent tree species. Foliage transparency, leaf damage and crown dieback have changed significantly over the monitoring period. Leaf area, length of the current year shoots, and total leaf area changed as well, but only for Turkey oak. Changes were consistent between and within the plots. Different indices of plant diversity showed marked changes, apparently linked to natural dynamics within individual ecosystems. These rapid and contrasting fluctuations in the various indicators of forest ecosystem make it difficult to derive a synthesis about the general condition of ecosystems and — especially Æ about the effects of air pollution.
MON.I.TO paper no. 10. This paper has been prepared within the project 92.60.IT.009.0, MONitoraggio Intensivo foreste TOscane (MON.I.TO), cofinaced by the European Commission under the EC Reg. 3528/86 and 2157/92.
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Ferretti, M. et al. (1999). Short-Term Changes of Response Indicators of Ecosystem Status in Broadleaved Forests in Tuscany (Central Italy). In: Sheppard, L.J., Cape, J.N. (eds) Forest Growth Responses to the Pollution Climate of the 21st Century. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-1578-2_29
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