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Mixed Conifer Forests of the San Bernardino Mountains, California

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The Response of Western Forests to Air Pollution

Part of the book series: Ecological Studies ((ECOLSTUD,volume 97))

Abstract

The San Bernardino Mountains are part of the Transverse Range Province that extends from west to east across parts of Santa Barbara, Ventura, Los Angeles, San Bernardino, and Riverside counties, California (Baily and Jahns 1954). The northern section of the San Bernardino National Forest, which is the subject of this chapter, is confined entirely to San Bernardino County. It is bounded on the north by the Mojave Desert, on the east by the Little San Bernardino Mountains, on the south by the upper Santa Ana Valley and Yucaipa-Beaumont Plains, and on the west by the San Gabriel Mountains. This chapter describes present forest conditions in the San Bernardino Mountains in relation to geology, soils, climate, biotic pests and diseases, fire, recreational pressure and resource management, and chronic exposure to photochemical oxidant air pollutants.

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    Dan Binkley

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Miller, P.R. (1992). Mixed Conifer Forests of the San Bernardino Mountains, California. In: Olson, R.K., Binkley, D., Böhm, M. (eds) The Response of Western Forests to Air Pollution. Ecological Studies, vol 97. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-2960-5_13

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