Air Pollution and Forests Interactions Between Air Contaminants and Forest Ecosystems

• Main Author: Smith, William H. 1939- (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer-Verlag 1990; ©1990
• Edition: Second Edition
• Series: Springer series on environmental management
• Subjects: Plants, Effect of air pollution on; Forest ecology; Air > Pollution > Environmental aspects
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• Physical Description: xv, 618 pages illustrations 25 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references
• ISBN: 0387970843

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.