Forest Decline in the Atlantic and Pacific Region

Front Matter....Pages I-XII
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Forest Decline in Switzerland: A Review....Pages 3-17
Role of Climate, Stand Dynamics and Past Management in Forest Declines: A Review of Ten Years of Field Ecology in France....Pages 18-39
Some Factors Affecting the Crown Density of Trees in Great Britain Based on Recent Annual Surveys of Forest Condition....Pages 40-53
The Effects of Acidic Deposition and Ozone on Forest Tree Species in the Eastern United States: Results from the Forest Response Program....Pages 54-65
Atmospheric Deposition, Forest Nutrient Status, and Forest Decline: Implications of the Integrated Forest Study....Pages 66-81
Changes in the Role of Nitrogen in Central European Forests....Pages 82-96
Mg Deficiency — A “New” Phenomenon in Declining Forests—Symptoms and Effects, Causes, Recuperation....Pages 97-114
K Deficiency of Spruce on Acid Soils Results in Needle Yellowing Quite Similar to “Acute Yellowing”, A Syndrome of the New Type of Forest Decline....Pages 115-131
Calcium and Magnesium Deficiency in Young Pines and the Stand Structure on the Affected Habitats....Pages 132-143
Temporal Changes in Norway Spruce Foliar Nutrients and Response to Fertilization....Pages 144-161
Response of Sugar Maple to Seven Types of Fertilization in Southern Quebec: Growth and Nutrient Status....Pages 162-174
Microscopic Criteria for the Diagnosis of Abiotic Injuries to Conifer Needles....Pages 175-188
Vitality of Mycorrhizas and Health Status of Trees in Diverse Forest Stands in West Germany....Pages 189-201
Growth in “Declining” Forests of Baden-Württemberg (Southwestern Germany)....Pages 202-215
Development of the Recent Episode of Tannensterben (Fir Decline) in Eastern Bavaria and the Bavarian Alps....Pages 216-226
Front Matter....Pages 227-227
Forest Decline in the Hawaiian Islands: A Brief Summary....Pages 229-235
Distribution and Dynamics of Metrosideros Dieback on the Island of Hawai’i: Implications for Management Programs....Pages 236-242
Using a Life History-Carbon Balance Model for Forest Decline Research....Pages 243-250
Modelling Factors Which May Cause Stand-Level Dieback in Forest....Pages 251-260
Episodic Mortality, Forest Decline and Diversity in a Dynamic Landscape: Tongariro National Park, New Zealand....Pages 261-274
Front Matter....Pages 227-227
 Nothofagus Decline in New Zealand: Separating Causes from Symptoms....Pages 275-279
The Cabbage Trees ( Cordyline australis ) Are Dying: Investigations of Sudden Decline in New Zealand....Pages 280-292
The Role of Nutrition in Forest Decline — A Case Study of Pinus radiata in New Zealand....Pages 293-306
Rural Dieback in Australia and Subsequent Landscape Amelioration....Pages 307-320
Group Death of Araucaria hunsteinii K. Schumm (Klinkii pine) in a New Guinea Rainforest....Pages 321-331
On the Decline of Fir (Abies densa Griff.) in Bhutan....Pages 332-337
Biotic Impoverishment and Climate Change: Global Causes of Forest Decline?....Pages 339-348
Front Matter....Pages 349-349
Summary and Concluding Remarks....Pages 351-358
Back Matter....Pages 359-366