Effects of the Hemlock Woolly Adelgid on Nitrogen Losses from Urban and Rural Northern Forest Ecosystems

Ecosystems

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1215-1226

  Templer, Pamela H ^a   McCann, Tiffany M ^a  

^a Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

forest insect outbreak; invasive species; natural abundance stable isotopes; nitrate sources; nitrogen saturation; pest management; Tsuga canadensis

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CONIFEROUS FOREST; FOREST FLOOR; FOREST MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; NITRATE; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT LOSS; PEST OUTBREAK; REGROWTH; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA; URBAN FORESTRY;

BOSTON; HARVARD FOREST; MASSACHUSETTS; PETERSHAM; UNITED STATES;

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

EID: 78249237886     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-010-9382-x     Document Type: Article

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