Forest health status in North America

TheScientificWorldJournal

Volumn 7, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages 28-36

  Tkacz, Borys ^a   Moody, Ben ^b   Villa Castillo, Jaime ^c  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^c Comision Nacional Forestal ^*  (Mexico)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Forest fires; Forest health monitoring; Forest pests

Indexed keywords

OZONE;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CANADA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FOREST; HEALTH STATUS; LICHEN; MEXICO; MORTALITY; NORTH AMERICA; PLANT ECOLOGY; SOIL QUALITY; UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTION; CANADA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FIRES; LICHENS; MEXICO; OZONE; SOIL; TREES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34447545758     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1537744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1100/tsw.2007.85     Document Type: Article

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