Multi-year ecosystem response to hemlock woolly adelgid infestation in southern New England forests

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 834-843

  Orwig, David A ^a   Cobb, Richard C ^a,b   D'Amato, Anthony W ^a,c   Kizlinski, Matthew L ^a,d   Foster, David R ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d ARCADIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION; ECOSYSTEMS; SOILS; VEGETATION;

ADELGID INFESTATION; FOLIAR LOSS; SOIL TEMPERATURE;

FORESTRY;

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FOREST FLOOR; INSECT; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MINERALIZATION; MORTALITY; NITRIFICATION; OVERSTORY; PEST DAMAGE; POPULATION DECLINE; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL TEMPERATURE; UNDERSTORY;

FORESTS; INFESTATION; TSUGA CANADENSIS;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ADELGES TSUGAE; ADELGIDAE; CONIUM; TSUGA; TSUGA CANADENSIS;

EID: 43549085502     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X07-196     Document Type: Article

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