The effect of landscape features on deposition to hunter mountain, Catskill Mountains, New York

Ecological Applications

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 528-540

  Weathers, K C ^a   Lovett, G M ^a   Likens, G E ^a   Lathrop, R ^b  

^a CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Aspect; Catskill Mountains, New York; Edges and gaps; Elevation; Geographic information system (GIS); Hotspots of atmospheric deposition; Landscape features; Montane; Nitrogen; Sulfur; Vegetation type

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; HETEROGENEITY; MOUNTAIN REGION;

CATSKILL MOUNTAINS; NEW YORK; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033850310     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(2000)010[0528:TEOLFO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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