A conceptual framework: Redefining forest soil's critical acid loads under a changing climate

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 158, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2053-2058

  McNulty, Steven G ^a   Boggs, Johnny L ^a  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical acid load; Disease; Drought; Insect; Nitrogen and sulfur deposition

Indexed keywords

ACID DEPOSITION; ACIDIC DEPOSITION; APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS; CHANGING CLIMATE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS; CRITICAL ACID LOAD; DENDROCTONUS FRONTALIS; DROUGHT PERIODS; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ECOSYSTEM STRESS; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FEDERAL AGENCY; FOREST DAMAGE; FOREST HEALTH; FOREST SOILS; FUTURE ASSESSMENT; LOAD LEVELS; MULTIPLE STRESS; NITROGEN DEPOSITION; NORTH CAROLINA; RED SPRUCE; SOUTHERN PINE BEETLE; SULFUR DEPOSITIONS; TREE SPECIES; WATER UPTAKE;

ACIDS; AIR POLLUTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEPOSITION; DROUGHT; FORESTRY; HEALTH RISKS; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; NITROGEN; RESINS; SOILS; SULFUR;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ACID; NITROGEN; OLEORESIN; RESIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACID DEPOSITION; ACID SOIL; BEETLE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CRITICAL LOAD; DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FOREST HEALTH; FOREST SOIL; HEALTH RISK; NITROGEN; SOIL POLLUTION; SULFUR;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BEETLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FOREST SOIL; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; NONHUMAN; PICEA RUBENS; PLANT INSECT INTERACTION; SOIL ACIDITY; SOIL POLLUTION; SPRUCE; UNITED STATES;

ACID RAIN; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHTS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FORESTRY; NORTH CAROLINA; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TEMPERATURE; TREES; WATER;

ACIDS; AIR POLLUTION; CLIMATES; DEPOSITION; DISEASES; DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; INSECTS; LEGISLATION; NITROGEN; SOIL; SULFUR; SYNTHETIC POLYMERS;

COLEOPTERA; DENDROCTONUS FRONTALIS; HEXAPODA; PICEA RUBENS;

EID: 77952307394     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2009.11.028     Document Type: Article

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