Rainer Matyssek

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors studied the impact of global climate change on the performance of European beech (Fagus sylvatica) in the southern part of central Europe.

TL;DR: The role of ozone in forest decline of the eastern USA and Europe has remained controversial (Matyssek and Innes 1999; as mentioned in this paper ). But, ozone has been recognized since the 1950s as gaseous agents that are potentially harmful to plants (Lefohn 1992), and early observations in the Los Angeles area had established links between vegetation damage and high photooxidant levels which were generated, in the presence of sunlight, from photochemical reactions of nitrogen oxides and organic compounds.

TL;DR: In this paper, a new approach to O 3 risk assessment and their validation are required, although appropriate databases for adult trees are scant, and the current status of promoting the mechanistic O 3 flux concept is highlighted for major regions of Europe, addressing refinements and simplifications needed for routine use.

TL;DR: The possibility of using specific leaf weight to predict seasonal and annual net photosynthetic rate in deciduous and evergreen conifers and a combined structural index could, when calibrated, predict the total annual carbon uptake by different parts of the crown.

TL;DR: In this paper, a risk assessment of Tropospheric ozone (O3)-induced foliar injury on woody species under field conditions has only been found in a few places.