Hurricane Katrina impacts on forest trees of Louisiana's Pearl River basin

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 256, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 883-889

  Chapman, Elise L ^a   Chambers, Jeffrey Q ^a   Ribbeck, Kenny F ^b   Baker, Dave B ^a   Tobler, Mark A ^a   Zeng, Hongcheng ^a   White, David A ^c  

^a Tulane University   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES   (United States)

^c LOYOLA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon balance; Liquidambar; NEP; NPP; Nyssa; Oak; Quercus; Taxodium; Tropical cyclone; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMASS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; WATERSHEDS;

ALLOMETRIC MODELS; ANNUAL PRODUCTION; BEFORE AND AFTER; BIOMASS PRODUCTIONS; BOTTOMLAND HARDWOOD FORESTS; CARBON BALANCE; COASTAL FORESTS; ECOSYSTEM PROCESSES; FOREST INVENTORIES; FOREST STRUCTURES; FOREST TYPES; HURRICANE - KATRINA; KATRINA; LIQUIDAMBAR; LOUISIANA; MISSISSIPPI; NEP; NPP; NYSSA; OAK; PEARL RIVER BASIN; QUERCUS; TAXODIUM; TREE BIOMASS; TREE-MORTALITY; TROPICAL CYCLONE; WETLANDS;

FORESTRY;

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CARBON BALANCE; DECIDUOUS FOREST; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; HURRICANE KATRINA 2005; MORTALITY; STAND STRUCTURE;

BIOMASS; CARBON; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DAMAGE; ECOSYSTEMS; FLOODS; FORESTS; HARDWOODS; INVENTORY CONTROL; MORTALITY; RENEWABLE RESOURCES; RIVERS; TREES; WETLANDS; WIND;

LOUISIANA; NORTH AMERICA; PEARL BASIN; UNITED STATES;

CUPRESSUS; LIQUIDAMBAR; NYSSA; NYSSACEAE; QUERCUS; TAXODIUM;

EID: 48849093856     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2008.05.057     Document Type: Article

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