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Forest Decline and Atmospheric Deposition Effects in the French Mountains

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 1995

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Editors:
  1. Guy Landmann

    1. Département de la Santé des Forêts, Min. de l’Agriculture et de la Pêche, INRA — Centre de Nancy, Champenoux, France

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  2. Maurice Bonneau

    1. Unité Ecosytèmes Forestiers, INRA — Centre de Nancy, Champenoux, France

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  3. Michèle Kaennel
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Forest decline became a matter of public and scientific concern in France in 1983 when conifers in the Vosges mountains were found to exhibit unusual crown deterioration. An impassioned controversy on a supposedly large scale forest health problem was then in full swing in Central Europe. A co-ordinated research programme entitled DEFORPA ("Deperissement des For~ts et Pollution AtmospMrique") was launched in 1984. This programme ran from 1984 to 1991 and a number of projects are still in progress. The Programme was sponsored by three French ministries (Enviroument, Agriculture and Forestry, Research and Technologyl), several state agencies, various regional authorities and the Commission of the European Communities (DO xn and DG VI). Initially, emphasis was solely laid on the understanding of forest decline in the mountainous areas - because damage was most obvious there - in relation to natural and man-made factors. Air pollution was given high but not overwhelming priority. Thus, the DEFORPA Programme was not in its essence a nation-wide assessment of air pollution effects, unlike a number of national acidification research programmes in Europe and North America. During. the programme, however, the areas of concern expanded. In particular, research into water acidification in the Vosges mountains was developed in parallel with the DEFORPA Programme, and possible eutrophication of the ground flora in northeastern France became the subject of new research.

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Table of contents (21 papers)

  1. The Role of Biotic Factors in Forest Decline

    1. Role of Armillaria in the Decline of Silver Fir in the Vosges and the Massif Central (Short Report)

      • C. Delatour, J. J. Guillaumin
      Pages 353-360

  2. Effects of Air Pollution on Surface Waters and Lichens

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 361-361
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    2. Relationship between Lake-Water Acidification in the Vosges Mountains and SO2 — NOX Emissions in Western Europe

      • A. Kreiser, N. L. Rose, A. Probst, J.-C. Massabuau
      Pages 363-370

    3. Surface Water Acidification in the Vosges Mountains: Relation to Bedrock and Vegetation Cover

      • A. Probst, J. L. Probst, J. C. Massabuau, B. Fritz
      Pages 371-386

    4. Critical Loads of Acidity to Streamwaters in the Vosges Mountains: Biological Criteria

      • J.-C. Massabuau, A. Probst, F. Guérold
      Pages 387-393

    5. Epiphytic Lichen Flora and Bark Characteristics (pH, Conductivity) in Relation to Forest Decline in the Northern Alps

      • I. Legrand, J. Asta
      Pages 394-403

  3. Forest Decline and Air Pollution Effects in the French Mountains: A Synthesis

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 405-405
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    2. Forest Decline and Air Pollution Effects in the French Mountains: A Synthesis

      • G. Landmann
      Pages 407-452

  4. Back Matter

    Pages 453-461
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Reviews

"Guy Landmann and Maurice Bonneau are to be congratulated. There have now been a number of books of this type on forest decline, however, this volume is focused and makes a valuable and unique contribution to the subject." - Environmental Pollution

Editors and Affiliations

  • Département de la Santé des Forêts, Min. de l’Agriculture et de la Pêche, INRA — Centre de Nancy, Champenoux, France

    Guy Landmann

  • Unité Ecosytèmes Forestiers, INRA — Centre de Nancy, Champenoux, France

    Maurice Bonneau

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Forest Decline and Atmospheric Deposition Effects in the French Mountains

  • Editors: Guy Landmann, Maurice Bonneau, Michèle Kaennel

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-79535-0

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1995

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-79537-4Published: 03 December 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-79535-0Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXIV, 461

  • Topics: Geoecology/Natural Processes, Nature Conservation, Ecology, Agriculture, Forestry

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