Forest Ecosystem Services: Carbon and Air Quality
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چکیده
Forests provide various ecosystem services related to air quality that can provide substantial value to society. Through tree growth and alteration of their local environment, trees and forests both directly and indirectly affect air quality. Though forests affect air quality in numerous ways, this chapter will focus on five main ecosystem services or disservices related to air quality that have the potential to be estimated for forest stands:
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