Air pollution and climate gradients in western Oregon and Washington indicated by epiphytic macrolichens

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 203-218

  Geiser, Linda H ^a   Neitlich, Peter N ^b  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Air quality; Climate change; Diversity; Forest health monitoring'; Lichen

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL VALLEYS; CLIMATE GRADIENTS; EPIPHYTIC MACROLICHENS; NON-METRIC MULTIDIMENSIONAL SCALING;

AGRICULTURE; BIOMARKERS; CLIMATE CHANGE; FORESTRY; PLANTS (BOTANY);

AIR POLLUTION;

AMMONIA; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; SULFUR;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; LICHEN; POLLUTION EFFECT; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); INDUSTRY; LANDSCAPE; LICHEN; NONHUMAN; PRECIPITATION; SCORING SYSTEM; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; WET DEPOSITION;

AIR POLLUTION; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LICHENS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OREGON; TEMPERATURE; TREES; WASHINGTON;

AIR POLLUTION; CLIMATES; FORESTRY; LICHENS; PLANTS;

NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

EID: 33750139407     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2006.03.024     Document Type: Article

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