Hemlock woolly adelgid in New England forests: Canopy impacts transforming ecosystem processes and landscapes

Ecosystems

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 233-247

  Stadler, Bernhard ^a,c   Müller, Thomas ^b   Orwig, David ^c   Cobb, Richard ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b Inst Prim Prod Microbial Ecol   (Germany)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon nitrogen dynamics; Forest ecosystems; Forest pests; Hemlock woolly adelgid; Litter; Throughfall chemistry

Indexed keywords

CANOPY; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; INTRODUCED SPECIES; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PEST DAMAGE;

NEW ENGLAND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ADELGES TSUGAE; ADELGIDAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BETULA LENTA; BETULA NIGRA; CONIUM; CONIUM MACULATUM; FUNGI; INSECTA;

EID: 17844375890     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-003-0092-5     Document Type: Article

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