Economic impacts of ambient ozone pollution on wood production in Italy.

ABSTRACT: Worldwide, tropospheric ozone (O₃) is a potential threat to wood production, but our understanding of O₃ economic impacts on forests is still limited. To overcome this issue, we developed an approach for integrating O₃ risk modelling and economic estimates, by using the Italian forests as a case study. Results suggested a significant impact of O₃ expressed in terms of stomatal flux with an hourly threshold of uptake (Y = 1 nmol O₃ m^-2 leaf area s^-1 to represent the detoxification capacity of trees), i.e. POD1. In 2005, the annual POD1 averaged over Italy was 20.4 mmol m^-2 and the consequent potential damage ranged from 790.90 M€ to 2.85 B€ of capital value (i.e. 255-869 € ha^-1, on average) de

SUBMITTER: Sacchelli S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7794517 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature