Dynamic modelling of the response of UK forest soils to changes in acid deposition using the SAFE model

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 407, Issue 21, 2009, Pages 5605-5619

  Langan, Simon ^a   Fransson, Liisa ^b   Vanguelova, Elena ^c  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b EkoBalans Fenix AB   (Sweden)

^c FOREST RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acidification; Critical loads; Forest soils; Recovery; SAFE model

Indexed keywords

ACID DEPOSITION; ACIDIFICATION; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; CRITICAL LOAD; CRITICAL LOADS; DYNAMIC MODELLING; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST SOILS; MODEL PREDICTION; MODEL RESULTS; MONITORING SITES; OBSERVED DATA; POTENTIAL IMPACTS; SAFE MODEL; SITE VARIATION; SOIL ACIDIFICATIONS; SOIL SOLUTION CHEMISTRY; SOIL SOLUTIONS; TEMPORAL CHANGE; TREE DAMAGE;

ACIDS; AIR POLLUTION; DAMAGE DETECTION; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; INDICATORS (CHEMICAL); SOIL MOISTURE;

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

ACID DEPOSITION; ACIDIFICATION; CRITICAL LOAD; FOREST SOIL; MODELING; SOIL POLLUTION;

ACID DEPOSITION; ARTICLE; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLING; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOREST SOIL; POLLUTANT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL ACIDIFICATION; UNCERTAINTY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SOIL; TREES;

ACIDIFICATION; ACIDS; AIR POLLUTION; DAMAGE; DETECTION; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; LOADING; MOISTURE; SOIL;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 70349183421     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2009.06.043     Document Type: Article

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