Direct and indirect ecosystem consequences of an invasive pest on forests dominated by eastern hemlock

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 29, Issue 10-11, 2002, Pages 1489-1503

  Kizlinski, Matthew L ^a   Orwig, David A ^a   Cobb, Richard C ^a   Foster, David R ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Decomposition; Ecosystem function; Hemlock woolly adelgid; Invasive pests; Nitrogen cycling; Salvage logging; Vegetation dynamics

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LOGGING (TIMBER); NUTRIENT CYCLING; PEST DAMAGE; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

UNITED STATES;

ADELGES; ADELGIDAE; BETULA; BETULA LENTA; BETULA NIGRA; CAREX; CONIUM; CONIUM MACULATUM; CYPERACEAE; DENNSTAEDTIA; DENNSTAEDTIA PUNCTILOBULA; FILICOPHYTA; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MOHRIA CAFFRORUM; RUBUS; TSUGA; TSUGA CANADENSIS;

EID: 0036816915     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2699.2002.00766.x     Document Type: Article

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