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ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
Volume 137, Issue 3, Pages 587-595Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2005.01.044
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meteorological factors; air pollution; defoliation; proportion of healthy trees
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This study investigates changes in tree condition and environmental factors in Lithuania during the active growing season in 1991-2001. The average crown defoliation and the proportion of healthy trees of Pinus sylvestris, Picea abies, Betula sp., Fraxinus excelsior, Alnus incana, Alnus glutinosa, Populus tremula, and Quercus robur, meteorological (average temperature, amount of precipitation, hydrothermal coefficient) and air pollution data (acidity of precipitation, concentrations Of SO2, NO2 and exposure of O-3) were analysed. During the period 1991-2001 the condition of Pinus sylvestris, Populus tremula showed a tendency of improvement, while defoliation of Fraxinus excelsior significantly increased. The proportion of healthy trees correlated well with the average temperature and O-3 (AOT40), while defoliation correlated well with the acidity of precipitation and the concentrations of SO2 and NO2. Deciduous species appeared to be more sensitive to O-3 exposure and conifers to the concentrations Of SO2 and NO2. (c) 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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