Exceedance of critical loads of nitrogen and sulphur and its relation to forest conditions

European Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 124, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 289-300

  Augustin, Sabine ^a   Bolte, Andreas ^b   Holzhausen, Marieanna ^c   Wolff, Barbara ^c  

^a UMWELTBUNDESAMT   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c University of Applied Science   (Germany)

Author keywords

Critical limit; Critical load; Environmental monitoring; Environmental risk; Nitrogen; Sulphur; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CRITICAL LOAD; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NITROGEN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SULFUR;

PICEA ABIES;

EID: 30344480833     PISSN: 16124669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10342-005-0095-1     Document Type: Article

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