Temporal patterns of nitrogen leakage from mid-Appalachian forested watersheds: Role of insect defoliation

Water Resources Research

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 2005-2016

  Eshleman, Keith N ^a   Morgan II, Raymond P ^a   Webb, James R ^b   Deviney, Frank A ^b   Galloway, James N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOREST; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT LOSS; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WATERSHED;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

DISSOLUTION; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; NITRATES; NITROGEN; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

ACID NEUTRALIZING CAPACITY; DISSOLVED NITROGEN; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FORESTED WATERSHEDS; INSECT DEFOLIATION; NITRATE CONCENTRATION; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; SECOND-GROWTH FORESTS;

FORESTRY;

HEXAPODA; LYMANTRIA;

EID: 0031845473     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98wr01198     Document Type: Article

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