Early indications of soil recovery from acidic deposition in U.S. red spruce forests

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1407-1417

  Lawrence, Gregory B ^a   Shortle, Walter C ^b   David, Mark B ^c   Smith, Kevin T ^b   Warby, Richard A F ^d   Lapenis, Andrei G ^e  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^d ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDIC DEPOSITION; AL-CONCENTRATION; NEW HAMPSHIRE; NEW YORK; PARTIAL RECOVERY; RED SPRUCE; SOIL ACIDIFICATIONS; SOIL CHANGES; SOIL PROFILES; SOIL RECOVERY; VERMONT;

ACIDIFICATION; ALUMINUM; FORESTRY; RECOVERY;

SOILS;

ACID SOIL; ALUMINUM; DECIDUOUS FOREST; MOBILITY; PH; SAMPLING; SOIL HORIZON; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL PROFILE; SURFACE WATER;

ACIDIFICATION; ALUMINUM; FORESTRY; RECOVERY; SOIL;

MAINE; NEW HAMPSHIRE; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES; VERMONT;

EID: 84865349361     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: 14350661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2011.0415     Document Type: Article

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