The development of an approach to assess critical loads of acidity for woodland habitats in Great Britain

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 355-365

  Langan, S J ^a   Hall, J ^b   Reynolds, B ^b   Broadmeadow, M ^c   Hornung, M ^d   Cresser, M S ^e  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c FOREST RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^d LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acid deposition; Acidification; Critical loads; Simple mass balance model; Sustainability; Woodland

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CRITICAL LOAD; POLLUTION EFFECT; WOODLAND;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 8644258281     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-8-355-2004     Document Type: Article

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