Interactive effects of air pollution and climate change on forest ecosystems in the united states. current understanding and future scenarios

Developments in Environmental Science

Volumn 13, Issue , 2013, Pages 333-369

  Bytnerowicz, Andrzej ^a   Fenn, Mark ^a   McNulty, Steven ^b   Yuan, Fengming ^c   Pourmokhtarian, Afshin ^d   Driscoll, Charles ^d   Meixner, Tom ^e  

^a PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d Syracuse University   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Hydrology; Nitrogen deposition; Nutrients; Ozone; Tree growth

Indexed keywords

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EID: 84888327818     PISSN: 14748177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-08-098349-3.00016-5     Document Type: Chapter

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