Effects of Tsuga canadensis mortality on soil water chemistry and understory vegetation: Possible consequences of an invasive insect herbivore

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1525-1537

  Yorks, Thad E ^a,b   Leopold, Donald J ^a   Raynal, Dudley J ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSECT CONTROL; NITROGEN OXIDES; POSITIVE IONS; SOILS; VEGETATION; WATER;

MORTALITY;

FORESTRY;

MORTALITY; PEST DAMAGE; SILVICULTURE; SOIL CHEMISTRY; UNDERSTORY; VEGETATION COVER;

ADELGES; ADELGES TSUGAE; ADELGIDAE; BETULA ALLEGHANIENSIS; CONIUM MACULATUM; DENNSTAEDTIA PUNCTILOBULA; DRYOPTERIS INTERMEDIA; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; OXALIS MONTANA; THELYPTERIS NOVEBORACENSIS; TSUGA CANADENSIS;

EID: 0141563204     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x03-073     Document Type: Article

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