Developing spatially explicit critical loads for herbaceous species across the United States using convex hulls.

ABSTRACT: Atmospheric deposition of nitrogen and sulfur, after land use change, is one of the most impactful stressors to terrestrial biodiversity. Deposition effects on ecosystems are pervasive, impacting species distributions and disrupting natural communities and associated ecosystem services. Decision makers in particular areas have in the past been limited to using critical loads from faraway research sites or from networks of plots that may or may not overlap with or represent their particular management area. That potential mismatch between the management area and available data presents scientific and possibly legal challenges. Here, we develop spatially explicit critical loads using convex hulls to fill this key knowledge gap in the translation of science to decision making. Specifically, w

SUBMITTER: Clark CM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12266335 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature