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Oxidant Air Pollution Impacts in the Montane Forests of Southern California

A Case Study of the San Bernardino Mountains

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  • © 1999

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Editors:
  1. Paul R. Miller

    1. USDA Forest Service, Riverside, USA

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  2. Joe R. McBride

    1. Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California, Berkeley, USA

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Part of the book series: Ecological Studies (ECOLSTUD, volume 134)

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Table of contents (20 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • P. R. Miller, J. R. McBride
      Pages 1-3

  3. Description of Soils, Climate, Natural Resources, and Their Modification by Anthropogenic Influences

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 5-5
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    2. Geography, Geology, Geomorphology, and Forest Soils

      • M. A. Poth, P. Wohlgemuth
      Pages 7-27

    3. Climatology

      • F. M. Fujioka, J. O. Roads, S.-C. Chen
      Pages 28-43

    4. Vegetation, Fire Regimes, and Forest Dynamics

      • Richard A. Minnich
      Pages 44-78

  4. Effects of Ozone and Other Air Pollutants on Vegetation and Soils in the San Bernardino Mountains

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 79-79
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    2. Ambient Air Quality at Barton Flats and Other California Forests

      • John G. Watson, Judith C. Chow, Clifton A. Frazier, Barbara Hinsvark, Mark Green
      Pages 81-105

    3. Visibility Impairment in the San Bernardino Mountains

      • S. Copeland
      Pages 106-125

    4. Physiological Responses of Ponderosa Pine to Gradients of Environmental Stressors

      • N. E. Grulke
      Pages 126-163

    5. Temporal Changes in Crown Condition Indices, Needle Litterfall, and Collateral Needle Injuries of Ponderosa and Jeffrey Pines

      • P. R. Miller, J. Rechel
      Pages 164-178

    6. Air Pollution Effects on Growth of Ponderosa Pine, Jeffrey Pine, and Bigcone Douglas-Fir

      • M. J. Arbaugh, D. L. Peterson, P. R. Miller
      Pages 179-207

    7. Effects of Ozone on Understory Vegetation in the Mixed Conifer Forest

      • Patrick J. Temple
      Pages 208-222

    8. Epiphytic Lichens in the San Bernardino Mountains in Relation to Oxidant Gradients

      • T. H. Nash III, L. L. Sigal
      Pages 223-234

    9. Wet and Dry Pollutant Deposition to the Mixed Conifer Forest

      • A. Bytnerowicz, M. E. Fenn, P. R. Miller, M. J. Arbaugh
      Pages 235-269

    10. Direct Effects of Nitric Acid on Forest Trees

      • A. Bytnerowicz, P. Padgett, K. Percy, M. Krywult, G. Riechers, J. Hom
      Pages 270-287

    11. Nitrogen Deposition and Cycling in Mediterranean Forests: The New Paradigm of Nitrogen Excess

      • M. E. Fenn, M. A. Poth
      Pages 288-314

  5. Interactions of Physical, Chemical, and Biological Factors and Their Influences on Forest Health and Forest Use

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 315-315
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    2. Insects and Pathogens in a Pollution-Stressed Forest

      • J. Pronos, L. Merrill, D. Dahlsten
      Pages 317-337

    3. Impact of Oxidant Air Pollutants on Forest Succession in the Mixed Conifer Forests of the San Bernardino Mountains

      • Joe R. McBride, Richard D. Laven
      Pages 338-352
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About this book

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.

Editors and Affiliations

  • USDA Forest Service, Riverside, USA

    Paul R. Miller

  • Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California, Berkeley, USA

    Joe R. McBride

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Oxidant Air Pollution Impacts in the Montane Forests of Southern California

  • Book Subtitle: A Case Study of the San Bernardino Mountains

  • Editors: Paul R. Miller, Joe R. McBride

  • Series Title: Ecological Studies

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-1436-6

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag New York, Inc. 1999

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-387-98493-3Published: 04 December 1998

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4612-7143-7Published: 23 October 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4612-1436-6Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0070-8356

  • Series E-ISSN: 2196-971X

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVII, 427

  • Topics: Ecology, Agriculture, Forestry, Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution

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