ArticleNature sustainability2023
Sensitive tree species remain at risk despite improved air quality benefits to US forests.
Article in Nature sustainability, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.
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- The US EPA's National Nutrient Inventory: Critical Shifts in US Nutrient Pollution Sources from 1987 to 2017.Environmental science & technology · 2025Article
- Winners and Losers From Climate Change: An Analysis of Climate Thresholds for Tree Growth and Survival for Roughly 150 Species Across the Contiguous United States.Global change biology · 2024Article
- Regional variation in growth and survival responses to atmospheric nitrogen and sulfur deposition for 140 tree species across the United States.Frontiers in Forests and Global Change · 2024Article
- Characterizing localized nitrogen sensitivity of tree species and the associated influences of mediating factors.Ecosphere (Washington, D.C) · 2024Article
- Geographic variation in projected US forest aboveground carbon responses to climate change and atmospheric deposition.Environmental research letters : ERL [Web site] · 2024Article
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Abstract
Atmospheric nitrogen (N) and sulfur (S) deposition can significantly affect forest biodiversity and production by altering the growth and survival of trees. Three decades of air quality regulations in the United States (U.S.) have led to large reductions in oxides of N (44-81%) and S (50-99%) emissions and associated deposition. Here, we evaluated the magnitude and extent of effects over 20 years from atmospheric N and S deposition on the growth and survival of 94 tree species - representing 96.4 billion trees and an average of 88% of forest basal area across the contiguous U.S. (CONUS). Overall, species' growth and survival rates have responded positively to declining deposition, but we find that decreases of at least 2.5 kg N ha
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