Red spruce decline in the northeastern u.s.: hypotheses regarding the role of acid rain

Journal of the Air Pollution Control Association

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 1983, Pages 1049-1054

  Johnson, Arthur H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID RAIN; ECOLOGY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HIGHER PLANT; NONHUMAN; TREE;

APPALACHIANS.; NEW ENGLAND; NEW YORK STATE; PICEA RUBENS;

EID: 0020969908     PISSN: 00022470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00022470.1983.10465690     Document Type: Article

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