Status and future of the forest health indicators program of the USA

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 177, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 419-436

  Woodall, Christopher William ^a   Amacher, Michael C ^b   Bechtold, William A ^a   Coulston, John W ^a   Jovan, Sarah ^c   Perry, Charles H ^a   Randolph, Kadonna C ^a   Schulz, Beth K ^c   Smith, Gretchen C ^d   Tkacz, Borys ^a   Will Wolf, Susan ^e  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Criteria and indicators; Forest health; Forest health indicators; Forest health monitoring; Forest inventory

Indexed keywords

CRITERIA AND INDICATORS; FOREST HEALTH; FOREST HEALTH INDICATORS; FOREST HEALTH MONITORING; FOREST INVENTORY;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; DECISION MAKING; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; HEALTH; HEALTH RISKS; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT;

FORESTRY;

CLIMATE EFFECT; DATA MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOREST HEALTH; FOREST INVENTORY; LAND MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; FOREST; GAS ANALYSIS; GREENHOUSE GAS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; ONLINE SYSTEM; PLAGUE; POLLUTION; SAMPLING; UNITED STATES;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; FORESTRY; LICHENS; OZONE; TREES; UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTION; DECISION MAKING; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTS; GREENHOUSE GASES; INVENTORY CONTROL; POLLUTION CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 79959698694     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-010-1644-8     Document Type: Article

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