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Acknowledgements

We wish to thank the UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra ) for funding the coordination, data collection and modelling costs of the ICP Vegetation (Defra project code AQ0846 and previous projects). This site is hosted by the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology on behalf of the ICP Vegetation.

Photos for the website were taken by:

Harald Zechmeister, Felicity Hayes, Katrina Sharps, Daniel Hauck, Norbert Schnyder, Vicent Calatayud, Innes et al., 2001 and Michael Frei.

Further photo acknowledgements can be found on the Ozone Injury Example pages.

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