An empirical inferential method of estimating nitrogen deposition to Mediterranean-type ecosystems: The San Bernardino mountains case study

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 203, Issue , 2015, Pages 69-88

  Bytnerowicz, A ^a   Johnson, R F ^b   Zhang, L ^c   Jenerette, G D ^b   Fenn, M E ^a   Schilling, S L ^a   Gonzalez Fernandez, I ^d  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^d CIEMAT   (Spain)

Author keywords

Complex terrain; Critical loads; Forests; Inferential deposition model; Nitrogen deposition

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; LANDFORMS; NITROGEN; NITROGEN OXIDES;

COMPLEX TERRAINS; CRITICAL LOAD; DEPOSITION MODELING; FORESTS; NITROGEN DEPOSITION;

FORESTRY;

NITROGEN;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; COMPLEX TERRAIN; CONIFEROUS FOREST; CRITICAL LOAD; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MIXED FOREST; NITROGEN;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDITERRANEAN ECOSYSTEM; NITROGEN DEPOSITION; PLANT STOMA; PREDICTION; UNCERTAINTY; UNITED STATES; CALIFORNIA; CONIFER; METABOLISM; PLANT; SEASON;

CALIFORNIA; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTS; NITROGEN;

CALIFORNIA; COAST RANGES; LOS ANGELES BASIN; SAN BERNARDINO MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

CONIFEROPHYTA;

CALIFORNIA; CONIFEROPHYTA; ECOSYSTEM; NITROGEN; PLANT STOMATA; PLANTS; SEASONS;

EID: 84926685245     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2015.03.028     Document Type: Article

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