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Forest decline of the
world: A linkage with air pollution and global warming
Su Young Woo
Department of Environmental Horticulture, University
of Seoul, Seoul, 130-743,
Republic
of Korea.
E-mail: wsy@uos.ac.kr.
Tel: (82) 2 2210 5634.
Fax: (82) 2 2245 8302.
Accepted
11 December, 2009 |
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Various
forest declines and forest health conditions have been
described for forest ecosystems throughout the world. The
connection to global warming and air pollution is clear in
some area, but not in others. In this study, some evidences
that support or contradict air pollution and global warming
being causal factors in reported cases of decline in Eastern
North America, Central Europe and Republic of Korea. Many
studies suggested that forest decline phenomenon seems to be
strongly associated to air pollution and global warming.
Key
words:
Abiotic stress, air pollution, forest decline, tree
physiology. |
