"...invaluable and indispensible for all who wish to take part in the discussion on an informed level and especially for those who are in a position where they need to make sociopolitical decisions…" --Journal of Forest Science, 60, 2014 (8)"This is the report from a 2009-13 study…to increase understanding of the state of forest ecosystems and their potential to mitigate and adapt to climate change in a polluted environment; and to reconcile process-oriented research, long-term monitoring, and applied modeling at comprehensive forest research sites to be established." --ProtoView.com, April 2014

• PART I Introduction into the scope and structure of the bookCh. 1 Climate Change, Air Pollution and Global  Challenges:  Knowledge, Understanding and Perspectives from Forest Research, R. Matyssek et al.PART II Interactions between trace gases, climate change and vegetationCh. 2 Gaseous exchange between forests and the atmosphere, S. Cieslik, et al.Ch. 3 Nutrients or pollutants? — Nitrogen deposition to European forests, W. Eugster, M. Haeni Ch. 4 Biogenic Volatile Organic Compounds and their impacts on  biosphere-atmosphere interactions, F. Loreto, S. FaresCh. 5 Air pollution risks to northern European forests in a changing climate, J.-P. Tuovinen, et al.PART III Significance of biotic processes in forest ecosystem response Ch. 6 Ozone Research, quo vadis ? Lessons from the free-air canopy fumigation experiment at Kranzberg  Forest, R. Matyssek, et al.Ch. 7 Soil respiration and soil organic matter (SOM) decomposition in response to climate change, J. Kruse, et al.Ch. 8 Mycorrhizosphere complexity, H. Kraigher, M. Bajc, T. GrebencCh. 9 Tree and forest responses to interacting elevated atmospheric  CO2 and tropospheric O3: A synthesis of experimental evidence, J. King, et al.Ch. 10 Belowground Carbon Cycling at Aspen FACE: Dynamic Responses to CO2 and O3 in Developing Forests, K.S. Pregitzer and A. F. TalhelmCh. 11 Impacts of atmospheric change on tree-arthropod interactions, J.J. Couture and R. L. LindrothPART IV Mechanistic and diagnostic understanding for risk assessment and up-scalingCh. 12 Flux-based ozone risk assessment for adult beech and spruce forests, L. Grünhage, et al.Ch. 13 Integrative leaf level phytotoxic ozone dose assessment for forest risk modelling, P. Dizengremel, et al.Ch. 14 Integrated studies on abiotic stress defence in trees: The case of ozone, D. ErnstCh. 15 Metabolomics and transcriptomics increase our understanding about defence responses and genotypic differences of northern deciduous trees to elevating ozone, CO2 and climate warming, E. Oksanen, et al.PART V Global dimension of air pollution as part of climate changeCh. 16 Interactive effects of air pollution and climate change on forest ecosystems in the United States – current understanding and future scenarios, A. Bytnerowicz, M. Fenn, S. McNulty, F. Yuan, A. Pourmokhtarian, C. Driscoll, and T. MeixnerCh. 17 Effects of ozone on forest ecosystems in East and Southeast Asia, T. Koike, et al.Ch. 18 Impacts of Air Pollution and Climate Change on plants: Implications for India, V. Pandey, et al.Ch. 19 Land use change, air pollution and climate change – vegetation response in Latin America, A.R. Kozovits, M. M. C. BustamanteCh. 20 Ozone concentrations and their potential impacts on vegetation in southern Africa, L. Laakso, et al.Ch. 21 Wild-land fires: monitoring, plume modelling, impact on atmospheric composition and climate, M. SofievPART VI The potential of “Supersites” for research on forest ecosystemsCh. 22 Towards supersites in forest ecosystem monitoring and research, T. N. Mikkelsen, et al.Ch. 23 Key indicators of air pollution and climate change impacts at forest Supersites, E. Paoletti, et al.PART VII Knowledge transfer and socio-economic aspectsCh. 24 Forest ecosystem services under climate change and air pollution, P. Cudlín, et al.Ch. 25 Targeting sustainable provision of forest ecosystem services with special focus on carbon sequestration, M. Nijnik, D. MillerCh. 26 Global change and the role of forests in future land-use systems, T. Knoke, A. HahnPART VIII Conclusions and perspectives Ch. 27 Conclusions and perspectives, R. Matyssek, et al.