Forest vegetation monitoring and foliar chemistry of red spruce and red maple at Acadia National Park in Maine

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 126, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 27-37

  Wiersma, G Bruce ^a   Elvir, Jose Alexander ^b   Eckhoff, Janet D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b ESNACIFOR ^*  (Honduras)

^c Wilson's Creek National Battlefield   (United States)

Author keywords

Acadia; Foliarchemistry; Forestcomposition; Forestecosystem; Mensuration

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; FORESTRY; PLANTS (BOTANY); VEGETATION;

FOLIAR CHEMISTRY; FOREST VEGETATION; WATERSHED FORESTS; WILDFIRE;

WATERSHEDS;

ALUMINUM; BORON; CALCIUM; COPPER; LEAD; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM;

ACIDIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST HEALTH; FOREST MANAGEMENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WATERSHED; WILDFIRE;

ACER; ACIDIFICATION; ARTICLE; BEECH; BIRCH; FIRE ECOLOGY; FOREST DYNAMICS; FOREST STRUCTURE; LEAF NITROGEN CONTENT; NATIONAL PARK; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; SPRUCE; UNITED STATES; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WATERSHED;

ACER; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FIRES; GEOGRAPHY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; MAINE; PICEA; PLANT LEAVES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TREES;

ACER RUBRUM; ACER RUBRUM TRIDENS; BIOCHEMISTRY; FOLIAR ANALYSIS; FORESTS; PICEA RUBENS; PLANTS; WATER SHEDS;

ACADIA NATIONAL PARK; MAINE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ACER RUBRUM; ACER SACCHARUM; BETULA ALLEGHANIENSIS; BETULA PAPYRIFERA; FAGUS GRANDIFOLIA; PICEA RUBENS; POPULUS GRANDIDENTATA;

EID: 33847311762     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-006-9329-z     Document Type: Article

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