Prediction of the probability of forest decline damage to Norway spruce using three simple site-independent diagnostic parameters

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Prediction of the probability of forest decline damage to Norway spruce using three simple site-independent diagnostic parameters. / Mehlhorn, Horst; Francis, Brian; Wellburn, Alan.
In: New Phytologist, Vol. 110, No. 4, 12.1988, p. 525-534.

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Mehlhorn, H, Francis, B & Wellburn, A 1988, 'Prediction of the probability of forest decline damage to Norway spruce using three simple site-independent diagnostic parameters', New Phytologist, vol. 110, no. 4, pp. 525-534. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8137.1988.tb00292.x

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Mehlhorn, H., Francis, B., & Wellburn, A. (1988). Prediction of the probability of forest decline damage to Norway spruce using three simple site-independent diagnostic parameters. New Phytologist, 110(4), 525-534. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8137.1988.tb00292.x

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Mehlhorn H, Francis B, Wellburn A. Prediction of the probability of forest decline damage to Norway spruce using three simple site-independent diagnostic parameters. New Phytologist. 1988 Dec;110(4):525-534. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.1988.tb00292.x

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Mehlhorn, Horst ; Francis, Brian ; Wellburn, Alan. / Prediction of the probability of forest decline damage to Norway spruce using three simple site-independent diagnostic parameters. In: New Phytologist. 1988 ; Vol. 110, No. 4. pp. 525-534.

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title = "Prediction of the probability of forest decline damage to Norway spruce using three simple site-independent diagnostic parameters",

abstract = "Survey data for Norway spruce (Picea abies I.) trees at 12 different forest sites across Europe have been analysed. Three variables (dry weight/fresh weight ratio differences between current and two-year-old needles, ethylene emissions and violaxanthin/antheraxanthin ratios) were found which together show a significant relationship to tree damage in areas affected by forest decline and which are independent of site effects (P < 0.001). Results are also presented that support the contention that atmospheric pollution, especially tropospheric ozone, is the major cause of this problem. After a four-year fumigation experiment, 12-year-old Norway spruce trees showed similar cellular changes as those found in the 30-to 40-year-old trees of the survey affected by forest decline. In the fumigation experiment, these changes were most pronounced in those plants exposed to a combination of treatments including ozone, sulphur dioxide and acid rain. The pollutant concentrations used in the four-year study were representative of those experienced by trees growing in affected areas.",

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