Effects of climate, land management, and sulfur deposition on soil base cation supply in national forests of the southern Appalachian Mountains

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 224, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  McDonnell, T C ^a   Sullivan, T J ^a   Cosby, B J ^b   Jackson, W A ^c   Elliott, K J ^c  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acidification; Appalachian Mountains; Base cation; Forest productivity; MAGIC

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883302743     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-013-1733-8     Document Type: Article

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