Desierto de los Liones: A forest in crisis
Journal Article
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· American Forests; (USA)
OSTI ID:7153151
This article examines the death of sacred firs in El Desierto de los Liones above Mexico City. Dead and dying trees occur over much of the Park and it is estimated that damage has increased 30 percent since the first color infrared aerial photographs were made in March, 1985. Damage has been attributed to elevated ozone levels and photochemical smog from Mexico City and also from beetle infestation. Attempts to rehabilitate the forest include salvage logging of infested trees, erosion prevention, and reforestation with species more resistant to ozone. Finally, a research program is underway with scientists from Mexico and the United States working to determine the relative susceptibility of the trees indigenous to the Park to ozone and other air pollutants and to gain a better understanding of the role bark beetles play in the damage complex.
- OSTI ID:
- 7153151
- Journal Information:
- American Forests; (USA), Journal Name: American Forests; (USA) Vol. 93:11-12; ISSN 0002-8541; ISSN AMFOA
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
540120* -- Environment
Atmospheric-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (1990-)
560300 -- Chemicals Metabolism & Toxicology
63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
AIR POLLUTION
ANIMALS
ARTHROPODS
BEETLES
COLEOPTERA
CONIFERS
COOPERATION
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
EROSION
FIRS
FORESTS
GROWTH
INSECTS
INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
INVERTEBRATES
LATIN AMERICA
MEXICO
MITIGATION
NORTH AMERICA
OZONE
PINOPHYTA
PLANT GROWTH
PLANTS
POLLUTANTS
POLLUTION
POLLUTION SOURCES
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
SENSITIVITY
SMOG
TREES
USA
540120* -- Environment
Atmospheric-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (1990-)
560300 -- Chemicals Metabolism & Toxicology
63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
AIR POLLUTION
ANIMALS
ARTHROPODS
BEETLES
COLEOPTERA
CONIFERS
COOPERATION
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
EROSION
FIRS
FORESTS
GROWTH
INSECTS
INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
INVERTEBRATES
LATIN AMERICA
MEXICO
MITIGATION
NORTH AMERICA
OZONE
PINOPHYTA
PLANT GROWTH
PLANTS
POLLUTANTS
POLLUTION
POLLUTION SOURCES
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
SENSITIVITY
SMOG
TREES
USA