Long-term Changes in Forest Carbon and Nitrogen Cycling Caused by an Introduced Pest/Pathogen Complex

Ecosystems

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1188-1200

  Lovett, Gary M ^a   Arthur, Mary A ^b   Weathers, Kathleen C ^a   Griffin, Jacob M ^c  

^a CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

American beech; beech bark disease; calcium; carbon; Catskill Mountains; forest; nitrogen; nutrient cycling; pathogen; pest; soil

Indexed keywords

BARK; BASAL AREA; CARBON CYCLE; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DISEASE INCIDENCE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST SOIL; FUNGAL DISEASE; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LITTER; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MINERALIZATION; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN CYCLE; PEST SPECIES; SOIL NUTRIENT;

APPALACHIANS; CATSKILL MOUNTAINS; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

ACER; ACER SACCHARUM; FAGUS; FAGUS GRANDIFOLIA;

EID: 78249268254     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-010-9381-y     Document Type: Article

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