Critical issues for critical loads

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 808-809

  Lovett, Gary M ^a  

^a CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; SULFUR;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AIR QUALITY STANDARD; ATMOSPHERE; CRITICAL LOAD; CRITICAL THEORY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FIELD EMISSION; GRASSLAND; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOSS; NITROGEN DEPOSITION; NONHUMAN; NOTE; NUTRIENT LOADING; PLANT COMMUNITY; PLANT GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; WELFARE;

AIR POLLUTION; ECOSYSTEM; REACTIVE NITROGEN SPECIES;

EID: 84872522298     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1219007110     Document Type: Note

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