Soil acidification and foliar nutrient status of Ontario's deciduous forest in 1986 and 2005

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 157, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 664-672

  Miller, Diane E ^a   Watmough, Shaun A ^a  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acid deposition; Acidification; Exchangeable base cations; Foliar nutrition; Sulphur deposition

Indexed keywords

ACID DEPOSITION; ACIDIFICATION; EXCHANGEABLE BASE CATIONS; FOLIAR NUTRITION; SULPHUR DEPOSITION;

ACIDS; AIR POLLUTION; CALCIUM; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; POSITIVE IONS; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; SOILS; SUGAR (SUCROSE); SUGARS; SULFUR;

FORESTRY;

CALCIUM; NITROGEN; SULFUR;

ACID DEPOSITION; ACIDIFICATION; CALCIUM; CATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECIDUOUS FOREST; FOREST HEALTH; ION EXCHANGE; NITROGEN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PH; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL HORIZON; SULFUR;

ACER; ARTICLE; CANADA; CANOPY THINNING; CATION EXCHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLIAGE; FOREST; LEAF LITTER; NONHUMAN; SOIL ACIDIFICATION; SOIL PROPERTY; TREE CROWN;

ACER; CALCIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; ONTARIO; PLANT LEAVES; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SULFUR;

ACER SACCHARUM; ACIDIFICATION; CALCIUM; CATION EXCHANGE; CONCENTRATION; DEPOSITION; FOLIAR ANALYSIS; FOREST CANOPY; FORESTRY; HARDWOODS; NUTRIENTS; POLLUTION; SILICA; SOIL ANALYSIS; SULFUR;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

ACER SACCHARUM;

EID: 57049086365     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2008.08.008     Document Type: Article

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