Soil acidification by acid rain in forest ecosystems: A case study in northern Italy

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 222, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 1-15

  Bini, Claudio ^a   Bresolin, Flavio ^a  

^a CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acid rain; Forest ecosystem; Soil acidity; Stemflow; Throughfall

Indexed keywords

ACID RAIN; ACIDIFICATION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; PRECIPITATION QUALITY;

ACID RAIN; ACIDIFICATION; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; FOREST; ITALY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASON; SOIL POLLUTION;

EID: 0031757192     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(98)00239-3     Document Type: Article

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