Air pollution, climate, soil acidity, and indicators of forest health in Ontario's sugar maple forests

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2065-2079

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

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACER SACCHARUM MARSH; ACIDIC SOILS; ADVERSE EFFECT; ATMOSPHERIC OZONE; C/N RATIO; CANOPY CONDITIONS; CRITICAL LEVEL; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; FOREST FLOORS; FOREST HEALTH; GROUND VEGETATION; HARDWOOD FORESTS; MANGANESE CONTENT; N CONTENT; N DEPOSITION; ONTARIO; SOIL ACIDITY; SOIL PH; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUGAR MAPLE;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CALCIUM; FORESTRY; HARDWOODS; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; OZONE; POLLUTION; SUGAR (SUCROSE); SUGARS; SULFUR;

SOILS;

ACIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DECIDUOUS FOREST; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FOREST FLOOR; FOREST HEALTH; OZONE; SOIL PROFILE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; CALCIUM; FORESTRY; HARDWOODS; MAGNESIUM; OZONE; SOIL; SUGAR; SULFUR;

ACER; ACER SACCHARUM;

EID: 70449843982     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X09-124     Document Type: Article

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