The importance of forest type when incorporating forest edge deposition in the evaluation of critical load exceedance

Abstract

This paper provides an assessment of the effect of incorporating edge deposition in the evaluation of critical load exceedance in forests, taking into account pollutant type, meteorological conditions, edge orientation, and forest type. In particular we have calculated critical load exceedance in five Flemish regions differing in forest fragmentation extent and/or share of coniferous forest. ©iForest - Biogeosciences and Forestry.