Atmospheric deposition to forest ecosystems

Developments in Environmental Science

Volumn 12, Issue , 2013, Pages 337-374

  Hansen, Karin ^a,b   Thimonier, Anne ^c   Clarke, Nicholas ^d   Staelens, Jeroen ^e   Žlindra, Daniel ^f   Waldner, Peter ^c   Marchetto, Aldo ^g  

^a IVL SWEDISH ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^d NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

^e GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^f SLOVENIAN FORESTRY INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^g CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atmospheric deposition; Canopy exchange processes; Precipitation; Spatial variability; Temporal variability; Throughfall; Trends

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875541055     PISSN: 14748177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-08-098222-9.00018-2     Document Type: Chapter

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