Measuring environmental change in forest ecosystems by repeated soil sampling: A north american perspective

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 623-639

  Lawrence, Gregory B ^a   Fernandez, Ivan J ^b   Richter, Daniel D ^c   Ross, Donald S ^d   Hazlett, Paul W ^e   Bailey, Scott W ^f   Ouimet, Rock ^g   Warby, Richard A F ^h   Johnson, Arthur H ⁱ   Lin, Henry ^j   Kaste, James M ^k   Lapenis, Andrew G ^l   Sullivan, Timothy J ^m  

^a United States Geological Survey   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^e NATURAL RESOURCES CANADA   (Canada)

^f Northern Research Station   (United States)

^g MINISTÈRE DES RESSOURCES NATURELLES ET DE LA FAUNE   (Canada)

^h ASSUMPTION COLLEGE   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^j PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k Dept of Economics and Thomas Jefferson Program in Public Policy at the College of William and Mary   (United States)

^l STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^m E and S Environmental Chemistry Inc   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EASTERN NORTH AMERICA; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; LONG-TERM PERSPECTIVE; REPEATED MEASUREMENTS; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL VARIABILITY;

AGRONOMY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; POSITIVE IONS; SOILS; WATER QUALITY;

FORESTRY;

ACIDIFICATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FOREST; LAND USE; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; REVIEW; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL MANAGEMENT; UNITED KINGDOM; AIR POLLUTION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; SOIL; TREE;

AGRICULTURE; CATIONS; E I S; FORESTRY; NORTH AMERICA; PROBLEM SOLVING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL; WATER QUALITY;

SOIL;

AIR POLLUTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FORESTS; SOIL; TREES;

EID: 84879022238     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: 15372537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2012.0378     Document Type: Review

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