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Bridging modeled and measured data to evaluate forest health and vitality

The core parameter for a description of forest health within the ICP Forests program is the tree crown defoliation. Modelling of crown defoliation is challenging at the European scale because the tree defoliation integrates a wide range of mutually interacting predictors (de Vries et al., 2000) Epidemiological approach is useful to give information in field and provide scenarios analysis An example of merging modelled and measured data in order to achieve relevant results at European level. Nitrogen deposition is a critical issue not only for agriculture but for forest protection as well (loss of biodiversity, increase-decrease growth) “crown defoliation is probably still the best available criterion on tree condition”

air pollution; crown defoliation; forest health; modelling; nitrogen deposition

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