Forest growth responds more to air pollution than soil acidification.

The forests of central Europe have undergone remarkable transitions in the past 40 years as air quality has improved dramatically. Retrospective analysis of Norway spruce (Picea abies) tree rings in the Czech Republic shows that air pollution (e.g. SO2 concentrations, high acidic deposition to the f...

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Main Authors: Jakub Hruška, Filip Oulehle, Tomáš Chuman, Tomáš Kolář, Michal Rybníček, Miroslav Trnka, William H McDowell
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2023-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0256976