Epiphytic macrolichen indication of air quality and climate in interior forested mountains of the Pacific Northwest, USA

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 53, Issue , 2015, Pages 95-105

  Root, Heather T ^a   Geiser, Linda H ^b   Jovan, Sarah ^c   Neitlich, Peter ^d  

^a WEBER STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^d NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Air quality; Bioindicators; Climate change; Critical level; Lichen community; N deposition

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; BIOMARKERS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COST EFFECTIVENESS; DEPOSITION; EUTROPHICATION; FORESTRY; NITROGEN; NUTRIENTS; POLLUTION;

AIR QUALITY MONITORING; COMPLEX TOPOGRAPHIES; CONCENTRATION INDICES; CRITICAL LEVEL; LICHEN COMMUNITY; N DEPOSITION; TEMPERATURE VARIABILITY; WESTERN UNITED STATES;

FUNGI;

AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIOINDICATOR; BIOMONITORING; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CRITICAL LOAD; EPIPHYTE; LEACHING; LICHEN; MOISTURE CONTENT; MOUNTAIN REGION; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT LOSS; PARTICULATE INORGANIC MATTER; POLLUTANT SOURCE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

PACIFIC NORTHWEST; SPOKANE; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

LETHARIA VULPINA;

EID: 84922513562     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2015.01.029     Document Type: Article

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