Paul R. Miller / Joe R. McBride (eds.)

Oxidant Air Pollution Impacts in the Montane Forests of Southern California

A Case Study of the San Bernardino Mountains
Herausgegeben:Miller, Paul R.; McBride, Joe R.;Mitarbeit:Taylor, O. C.

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Produktbeschreibung

Since the 1950s, the pines native to the San Bernardino Mountains in Southern California have shown symptoms of decline that have proven to result from exposure to ozone, a major plant-damaging gas in photochemical oxidant air pollution. Because of their proximity to major urban areas, the San Bernardino Mountains have served as a natural laboratory for studying effects of oxidant and acidic air pollution on a mixed-conifer forest. This volume presents a body of research conducted over more than thirty years, including an intensive interdisciplinary five-year study begun in 1991. Chapters include studies of the relationships of biogeography and climate to the region's air pollution, the chemical and physiological mechanisms of ozone injury, as well as the impacts of nitrogen-containing pollutants and natural stresses on polluted forests. The synthesis of such long-term studies provides insights into the combined influences of pollutants on ecosystem function in forested regions with Mediterranean-type climates.

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Produktdetails

• Ecological Studies 134
• Verlag: Springer / Springer New York / Springer, Berlin
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-0-387-98493-3
• Repr. d. Ausg. v. 1998
• Seitenzahl: 456
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Dezember 1998
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 160mm x 33mm
• Gewicht: 800g
• ISBN-13: 9780387984933
• ISBN-10: 0387984933
• Artikelnr.: 24460509

Autorenporträt

Because of their proximity to major urban areas, the San Bernardino Mountains have served as a natural laboratory for studying effects of oxidant and acidic air pollution on a mixed-conifer forest. This volume presents a body of research conducted over more than thirty years, including an intensive interdisciplinary five-year study begun in 1991. Chapters include studies of the relationships of biogeography and climate to the region's air pollution, the chemical and physiological mechanisms of ozone injury, as well as the impacts of nitrogen-containing pollutants and natural stresses on polluted forests.

Inhaltsangabe

Section 1: Description of Soils, Climate, Natural Resources, and Their Modification by Anthropogenic Influences: Geography, Geology, Geomorphology and Forest Soils.- Climatology.- Vegetation, Fire Regimes and Forest Dynamics. Section 2: Effects of Ozone and Other Air Pollutants on Vegetation and Soils in the San Bernardino Mountains: Chemical Characterization and Seasonal Change of Ozone and Wet and Dry Deposited Pollutants.- Visibility Impairment in the San Bernardino Mountains.- Physiological Responses of Ponderosa Pine to Gradient of Environmental Stressors.- Temporal Changes In Crown Condition Indices, Needle Litterfall and Colateral Needle Injuries of Ponderosa and Jeffrey Pines.- Evidence for Air Pollution Effects on Mature Tree Growth of Ponderosa and Jeffrey Pines and Big Cone Douglas Fir.- Effects of Ozone on Understory Vegetation in the Mixed-Conifer Forest.- Community Variation in Ephyphytic Lichens in the San Bernardino Mountains in Relation to Oxidant Gradients.- Wet and Dry Pollutant Deposition to the Mixed-Conifer Forest.- Direct Effects of Nitric Acid on Forest Vegetation.- Nitrogen Deposition and Cycling in Mediterranean Forests: The New Paradigm of Nitrogen Excess. Section 3: Interactions of Physical, Chemical and Biological Factors and Their Influences on Forest Health and Forest Use. Section 4: Synthesis and Conclusions, including assessments and implications for policy, management and future research.