Regionalization of disturbance-induced nitrogen leakage from mid-Appalachian forests using a linear systems model

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 18, Issue 14, 2004, Pages 2713-2725

  Eshleman, Keith N ^a   Fiscus, Daniel A ^a   Castro, Nancy M ^a   Webb, James R ^b   Herlihy, Alan T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Defoliation; Disturbance; Forests; Gypsy moth; Modelling; Nitrate; Nitrogen; Regionalization; Unit hydrograph; Water quality

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; NITROGEN; POPULATION STATISTICS; SURFACE WATERS; VEGETATION;

NATURAL DISTURBANCES; NITROGEN LEAKAGE; REGIONALIZATION; UNIT NITROGEN EXPORT RESPONSE FUNCTION (UNERF);

FORESTRY;

DEFOLIATION; FORESTED CATCHMENT; NITRATE; NITROGEN; REGIONALIZATION; SURFACE WATER; WATER QUALITY;

APPALACHIAN BASIN; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; LYMANTRIA; LYMANTRIA DISPAR;

EID: 7244256008     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.5577     Document Type: Article

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