Recovery of decomposition and soil microarthropod communities in an Appalachian watershed two decades after a clearcut

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 189, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 353-362

  Heneghan, Liam ^a   Salmore, Alissa ^b   Crossley Jr , D A ^b  

^a DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory; Decomposition; Forest clearcut; Microarthropods; Tree harvesting

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION; SOILS; WATERSHEDS;

ABIOTIC CONDITIONS; TAXONOMY;

ECOLOGY;

CLEARCUTTING; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DECOMPOSITION; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FORESTED CATCHMENT; LONG-TERM CHANGE; SOIL FAUNA;

APPALACHIANS; NORTH AMERICA;

ACER; ACER RUBRUM; CORNUS; CORNUS FLORIDA; ORIBATIDA; QUERCUS; QUERCUS PRINUS;

EID: 1242277797     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2003.09.002     Document Type: Article

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