Modeling the impact of SO/sub 2/ pollution on the community structure and succession in a coniferous forest of the Western USA
Abstract
A model is being developed to project the future impact of SO/sub 2/ pollution on western USA forests. For a case study, the model is being applied to the Ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa) and mixed conifer forests of the Sierra Nevada mountains of California, USA. The associated species in these forests are Abies concolor (White fir), Pseudotsuga menziesii (Douglas-fir), Pinus lambertiana (sugar pine), Libocedrus decurrens (incense-cedar), Quercus kelloggii (California black oak), and Pinus jeffreyi (Jeffrey pine). The model is based on JABOWA a simulator of forests of the northeastern USA. For use in western forests, extensive modifications are needed in JABOWA in temporal seed-crop patterns and by introducing fire ecology and moisture stress on vegetation. The model establishes individual seedlings, grows them individually, and simulates mortality of each one. A structure chart of the succession model is given. The effects of SO/sub 2/ on growth rate on Ponderosa pine, white fir, and Douglas fir are plotted.
- Authors:
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- California Univ., Livermore (USA). Lawrence Livermore Lab.
- OSTI Identifier:
- 5260956
- Report Number(s):
- UCRL-83453; CONF-800365-1
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-48
- Resource Type:
- Conference
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: International conference on the ecological impact of acid precipitation, Sandefjord, Norway, 11 Mar 1980
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.; PINES; PLANT GROWTH; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SULFUR DIOXIDE; BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS; FORESTS; INHIBITION; CHALCOGENIDES; CONIFERS; GROWTH; OXIDES; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; PLANTS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; SULFUR OXIDES; TREES; 560303* - Chemicals Metabolism & Toxicology- Plants- (-1987)
Citation Formats
Kercher, J R, and Axelrod, M C. Modeling the impact of SO/sub 2/ pollution on the community structure and succession in a coniferous forest of the Western USA. United States: N. p., 1980.
Web.
Kercher, J R, & Axelrod, M C. Modeling the impact of SO/sub 2/ pollution on the community structure and succession in a coniferous forest of the Western USA. United States.
Kercher, J R, and Axelrod, M C. 1980.
"Modeling the impact of SO/sub 2/ pollution on the community structure and succession in a coniferous forest of the Western USA". United States.
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title = {Modeling the impact of SO/sub 2/ pollution on the community structure and succession in a coniferous forest of the Western USA},
author = {Kercher, J R and Axelrod, M C},
abstractNote = {A model is being developed to project the future impact of SO/sub 2/ pollution on western USA forests. For a case study, the model is being applied to the Ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa) and mixed conifer forests of the Sierra Nevada mountains of California, USA. The associated species in these forests are Abies concolor (White fir), Pseudotsuga menziesii (Douglas-fir), Pinus lambertiana (sugar pine), Libocedrus decurrens (incense-cedar), Quercus kelloggii (California black oak), and Pinus jeffreyi (Jeffrey pine). The model is based on JABOWA a simulator of forests of the northeastern USA. For use in western forests, extensive modifications are needed in JABOWA in temporal seed-crop patterns and by introducing fire ecology and moisture stress on vegetation. The model establishes individual seedlings, grows them individually, and simulates mortality of each one. A structure chart of the succession model is given. The effects of SO/sub 2/ on growth rate on Ponderosa pine, white fir, and Douglas fir are plotted.},
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year = {Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 EST 1980},
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