7.01.02 – Mechanisms of action and indicator development

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We intend sharing our present knowledge on the effects of anthropogeneous pollution on natural and cultivated forest ecosystems, and in particular trees, with a view to initiate future observation and experimental research activities. Effects and responses at the subcellular, cellular, physiological, individual plant and vegetation level including associated organisms will be investigated. The research aims to give a better understanding of the 'mechanisms of action' (the plants mechanisms of coping with environmental stress) and to find indicative responses and indicator plants for differential diagnosis of different stress factors. Interactions of biotic and abiotic stress together with climatic stress factors, edaphic properties and nutrition will be of particular interest in future activities.

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For proposed future research see: State-of-knowledge reports.

Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL (ed) 2005: Metal fluxes and stresses in terrestrial ecosystems. Abstracts. Birmensdorf, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL. 112 p., Order: Bibliothek WSL at http://www.wsl.ch/lm/publications/books/welcome-de.ehtml

Papers from the IUFRO meeting in a special issues 2006 of the Journal "Forst, Snow and Landscape research" Vol 80 / 2 & 3:  Metal fluxes and stresses in terrestrial ecosystems. Link: http://www.wsl.ch/publikationen/journal/7631_EN

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