Hemlock woolly adelgid impacts on community structure and N cycling rates in eastern hemlock forests

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 630-645

  Jenkins, Jennifer C ^a,c   Aber, John D ^a   Canham, Charles D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MORTALITY; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PEST SPECIES;

NEW ENGLAND; UNITED STATES;

ADELGES TSUGAE; ADELGIDAE; HOMOPTERA; TSUGA CANADENSIS;

EID: 0033018419     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x99-034     Document Type: Article

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