Monitoring of defoliation in forest stands of the Czech Republic and its comparison with results of defoliation monitoring in other European countries
As a part of International Cooperative Programme on Assessment and Monitoring of Air Pollution Effect on Forests (ICP Forests), defoliation of forest stands has been assessed in the Czech Republic since 1986.Defoliation is one of the principal parameters reflecting the health of forest stands that read more is assessed on monitoring plots within th