Air Pollution Impacts On Crops And Forests

Author : Lisa Emberson,Mike Ashmore,Frank Murray
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2003-12-15
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781783261352

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Air Pollution Impacts on Crops and Forests by Lisa Emberson,Mike Ashmore,Frank Murray Pdf

Air pollution is a problem affecting every part of our planet however, its global effects are poorly understood. This book provides the first truly global assessment of the scale of impacts of air pollution on crops and forests. The core of the book comprises assessments of the problem by experts from 12 different countries on every continent — describing the evidence of air pollution effects on crop yields and forest vitality with regard to environmental policies. These analyses are placed in the context of a global assessment of the scale of current and future air pollution levels, as well as in the socio-economic context of local production systems. Contents:Air Pollution Impacts on Crops and ForestsAir Pollution Impacts on Vegetation in Industrialised CountriesAir Pollution Impacts on Vegetation in Developing Countries Readership: Upper level graduates, graduate students and researchers in environmental science, botany and ecology, as well as environmental managers, agronomists and forest managers.

Author : Jane Potter Gates
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Air
ISBN : MINN:319510029763507

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Air Pollution Effects on Crops and Forests, January 1984 - December 1989 by Jane Potter Gates Pdf

Author : Takeshi Izuta
Publisher : Springer
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2017-02-13
Category : Science
ISBN : 9784431564386

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Air Pollution Impacts on Plants in East Asia by Takeshi Izuta Pdf

This is the only book to offer an up-to-date overview of air pollution in East Asia and the effects of air pollutants such as ozone, acid deposition and aerosols on Asian crops and trees. It is unique in that it discusses the fundamentals of environmental plant science and research advances in the area at the plant ecophysiology level. It addresses various topics, including gaseous air pollutants such as ozone; soil acidification and atmospheric nitrogen deposition due to acid deposition; PM2.5 and the effects of air pollutants on growth, yield and physiological functions such as photosynthesis of crops and trees in East Asia. It is a valuable resource for environmental scientists, plant scientists, government officials, industrialists, environmentalists, undergraduate and graduate students and anyone interested in the application of the latest findings to agricultural production and protection of forest ecosystems in Asia. It also provides useful information for professionals involved in research, development, production, processing and marketing of agricultural products, including those in developing countries who are interested in advanced environmental science in this field.

Author : Jane Potter Gates
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Crops
ISBN : MINN:31951D00304217P

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Air Pollution Effects on Crops and Forests, January 1986 - December 1991 by Jane Potter Gates Pdf

Author : James John MacKenzie
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : SCIENCE
ISBN : 0300241771

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Air Pollution's Toll on Forests and Crops by James John MacKenzie Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1993-06
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1568066600

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Air Pollution Effects on Crops and Forests by Anonim Pdf

A bibliography with abstracts dealing with the effects of air pollution on crops and forests.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture. Subcommittee on Forests, Family Farms, and Energy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Acid deposition
ISBN : UVA:X030228581

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Review the Effects of Acid Deposition and Other Air Pollutants on Forest Productivity; Forest Ecosystems and Atmospheric Pollution Research Act of 1985; and the Endangered Forest Research Act of 1985 by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture. Subcommittee on Forests, Family Farms, and Energy Pdf

Author : Susan Fox,Robert A. Mickler
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 524 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781461208099

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Impact of Air Pollutants on Southern Pine Forests by Susan Fox,Robert A. Mickler Pdf

The public's attitude toward air pollution in the United States evolved substantially during the 1960s. One of the results of the nation's emerging environmental ethic was the creation of the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in December of 1970. Prior to this time, research was focused on the impacts of air pollution on human health and welfare and was largely conducted by several federal research agencies, which included the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare; the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; and the U. S. Department of Agricul ture. After the creation of the EPA, much of this work was consolidated in one regulatory agency, which resulted in periodic evaluations of the various effects of atmospheric pollution on human health, materials, agriculture, and forest ecosystems. At the same time that environmental interest was growing in the United States, concern increased in the European scientific community and public over the ecological impacts of acidic deposition. As the magnitude of the damage to European lakes and streams and the widespread decline in Norway spruce and silver fir was reported, concern that similar problems were occurring in the United States increased substantially. This concern was heightened by press reports of high elevation spruce-fir forest declines in the Adirondack and Appalachian Mountains and the decline and death of sugar maples in the northeastern United States and Canada.

Author : William H. Smith
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 618 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781461232964

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Air Pollution and Forests by William H. Smith Pdf

This series is dedicated to serving the growing community of scholars and practitioners concerned with the principles and applications of environmental management. Each volume will be a thorough treatment of a specific topic of importance for proper management practices. A fundamental objective of these books is to help the reader discern and implement human's stewardship of our environment and the world's renewable resources. For we must strive to understand the relationship between humankind and nature, act to bring harmony to it, and nurture an environment that is both stable and productive. These objectives have often eluded us because the pursuit of other individual and societal goals has diverted us from a course of living in balance with the environment. At times, therefore, the environmental manager may have to exert restrictive control, which is usually best applied to humans, not nature. Attempts to alter or harness nature have often failed or backfired, as exemplified by the results of imprudent use of herbicides, fertilizers, water, and other agents. Each book in this series will shed light on the fundamental and applied aspects of environmental management. It is hoped that each will help solve a practical and serious environmental problem.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Technology. Subcommittee on Natural Resources, Agriculture Research, and Environment
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Agricultural ecology
ISBN : MINN:31951D00283698J

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Impact of Air Pollutants on Agriculture Productivity by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Technology. Subcommittee on Natural Resources, Agriculture Research, and Environment Pdf

Author : T.C. Hutchinson,K.M. Meema
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 663 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2013-06-29
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783642708749

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Effects of Atmospheric Pollutants on Forests, Wetlands and Agricultural Ecosystems by T.C. Hutchinson,K.M. Meema Pdf

T. C. Hutchinson The NATO Advanced Research Workshop detailed in this volume was held in Toronto, Canada, in 1985. The purpose of the Workshop was to provide a "state of the art" report on our knowledge of the sensitivities and responses of forests, wetlands and crops to airborne pollutants. Approximately 40 scientific experts from nine countries participated. Most participants were actively involved in research concerning the effects of air pollutants on natural or agro-ecosystems. These pollutants included acidic deposition, heavy metal particulates, sulphur dioxide, ozone, nitrogen oxides, acid fogs and mixtures of these. Also invited were experts on various types of ecosystem stresses, physiologi cal mechanisms pertinent to acid deposition, and other areas that were felt by the director to be of direct relevance, including: effects of ethylene on vegetation, the physiology of drought in trees, the nature and role of plant cuticles as barriers to acid rain penetration, the use of dendrochronological techniques in reconstructing the time of onset and the subsequent progression of growth declines, the ability of soils to naturally generate acidity, the role of Sphagnum moss in natural peat land acidity, the use of lichens as indicators of changing air quality, and the magnitude of natural emissions of reduced sulphur gases from tropical rainforests and temperate deciduous forests. The Workshop included a series of invited presentations and subsequent group discussions. These presentations were designed to allow syntheses of our present knowledge as well as detailed questioning and discussion.

Author : Natural Environment Research Council (Great Britain).
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Air
ISBN : 1855310457

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Effects of Atmospheric Pollutants on Forests and Crops by Natural Environment Research Council (Great Britain). Pdf

Author : Mohamed Khallaf
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 459 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2011-09-26
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789533075280

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The Impact of Air Pollution on Health, Economy, Environment and Agricultural Sources by Mohamed Khallaf Pdf

This book aims to strengthen the knowledge base dealing with Air Pollution. The book consists of 21 chapters dealing with Air Pollution and its effects in the fields of Health, Environment, Economy and Agricultural Sources. It is divided into four sections. The first one deals with effect of air pollution on health and human body organs. The second section includes the Impact of air pollution on plants and agricultural sources and methods of resistance. The third section includes environmental changes, geographic and climatic conditions due to air pollution. The fourth section includes case studies concerning of the impact of air pollution in the economy and development goals, such as, indoor air pollution in México, indoor air pollution and millennium development goals in Bangladesh, epidemiologic and economic impact of natural gas on indoor air pollution in Colombia and economic growth and air pollution in Iran during development programs. In this book the authors explain the definition of air pollution, the most important pollutants and their different sources and effects on humans and various fields of life. The authors offer different solutions to the problems resulting from air pollution.

Author : Joint Task Force of the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture and the State Universities and Land Grant Colleges,Task Force on Environmental Quality--Pollution in Relation to Agriculture and Forestry (U.S.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : Agricultural ecology
ISBN : CORNELL:31924003634627

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A National Program of Research for Environmental Quality by Joint Task Force of the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture and the State Universities and Land Grant Colleges,Task Force on Environmental Quality--Pollution in Relation to Agriculture and Forestry (U.S.) Pdf

Author : John L. Innes,Abu Hassan Haron
Publisher : CABI
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2000-06-27
Category : Air
ISBN : 0851999328

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Air Pollution and the Forests of Developing and Rapidly Industrializing Regions by John L. Innes,Abu Hassan Haron Pdf

This book examines the importance of air pollution for the forests of rapidly industrialising countries and regions. Its geographical coverage includes South and Central America, Africa, and Asia, including Siberia, China and Korea. The problems presented by air pollution are placed within the more general context of sustainable development within these regions and the historical legacy that they are attempting to deal with. Attention is drawn to the very serious problems associated with poor air quality in cities such as Mexico City and Chongqing, China. Air pollution in these areas is amongst the worst in the world. Several chapters examine the importance of forest fires as a source of air pollution, with particular reference being made to the Southeast Asian fires in recent years. The available information about the effects of this pollution on the surrounding forests is reviewed, and recommendations are made for a better understanding of the impacts. A final chapter reviews the recent developments in air pollution control policies in the different regions covered by the book.