Dan Binkley, Charles T. Driscoll, H. Lee Allen

Acidic Deposition and Forest Soils

Context and Case Studies of the Southeastern United States

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Knowledge in the field of acidic deposition is expanding rapidly, and both ex perts and non-experts are challenged to keep up with the latest information. We designed our assessment to include both the basic foundation needed by non experts and the detailed information needed by experts. Our assessment in cludes background information on acidic deposition (Chapter 1), an in-depth discussion of the nature of soil acidity and ecosystem H+ budgets (Chapter 2), and a summary of rates of deposition in the Southeastern U.S. (Chapter 3). A discussion of the nature of forest soils in the region (Chapter 4) is followed by an overview of previous assessments of soil sensitivity to acidification (Chapter 5). The potential impacts of acidic deposition on forest nutrition are described in the context of the degree of current nutrient limitation on forest productivity (Chap ter 6). The results of simulations with the MAGIC model provided evaluations of the likely sensitivity of a variety of soils representative of forest soils in the South (Chapter 7), as well as a test of soil sensitivity criteria. Our synthesis and recommendations for research (Chapter 8) also serve as an executive summary. A complementary volume in the Springer-Verlag Ecological Studies series should be consulted for information on European forests. This volume, Acidic Deposition and Forest Decline in the Fictelgebirge, edited by E.-D. Schultze and O.L. Lange, also provides greater detail on the physiologic responses of trees than we present in our regional assessment.

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Produktdetails

• Ecological Studies .72
• Verlag: Springer / Springer New York / Springer, Berlin
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-1-4612-8167-2
• Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1989
• Seitenzahl: 160
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. September 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 9mm
• Gewicht: 289g
• ISBN-13: 9781461281672
• ISBN-10: 1461281679
• Artikelnr.: 36113457

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Introduction.- The nature of soil acidity and H+ budgets.- Magnitudes and patterns of nitrogen and sulfur deposition in the South.- Forest soils of the South.- Previous evaluations of sensitivity of southern soils.- Nutrient cycles and nutrient limitations in the South.- Simulation of the potential impacts of acidic deposition on forest soils in the South.- Synthesis and recommendations.- References.- Index.