Managing forests infested by spruce beetles in south-central Alaska: Effects on nitrogen availability, understory biomass, and spruce regeneration

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 227, Issue 3 SPEC. ISS., 2006, Pages 267-274

  Goodman, Lilly F ^a   Hungate, Bruce A ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bluejoint; Calamagrostis canadensis; Dendroctonus rufipennis; Forest management; Nitrogen availability; Picea glauca; Resin capsules; Spruce beetle; White spruce

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; FORESTRY; LEACHING;

CALAMAGROSTIS CANADENSIS; DENDROCTONUS RUFIPENNIS; NITROGEN AVAILABILITY; RESIN CAPSULES; SPRUCE BEETLES; SPRUCE REGENERATION; WHITE SPRUCE;

SOFTWOODS;

AMMONIUM; ANION; BEETLE; CATION; FIRE; FOREST; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HARVESTING; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; LAND MANAGEMENT; LEACHING; NITRATE; NITROGEN; SEEDLING; TECHNOLOGY;

BIOMASS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; INSECTS; LEACHING; PICEA;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CALAMAGROSTIS CANADENSIS; COLEOPTERA; DENDROCTONUS RUFIPENNIS; PICEA; PICEA GLAUCA;

EID: 33646172354     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2006.02.041     Document Type: Article

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