The contribution of the Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory to developing an understanding of long-term (1934-2008) changes in managed and unmanaged forests

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 261, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 900-910

  Elliott, Katherine J ^a   Vose, James M ^a  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chestnut blight; Disturbance; Ecosystem process; Hemlock woolly adelgid; Invasive species

Indexed keywords

CHESTNUT BLIGHT; DISTURBANCE; ECOSYSTEM PROCESS; HEMLOCK WOOLLY ADELGID; INVASIVE SPECIES;

CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; ECOSYSTEMS; FRUITS; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; LAND USE; LANDFORMS; MANAGEMENT; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; REFORESTATION; RESEARCH; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHEDS;

VEGETATION;

CANOPY GAP; CLEARCUTTING; DECIDUOUS FOREST; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FOREST RESOURCE; FUNGAL DISEASE; INVASIVE SPECIES; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MORTALITY; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS);

APPALACHIANS; COWEETA HYDROLOGIC LABORATORY; NORTH CAROLINA; PUERTO RICO; UNITED STATES;

ACER; ACER RUBRUM; ADELGES TSUGAE; ADELGIDAE; CASTANEA DENTATA; CONIUM; CRYPHONECTRIA PARASITICA; LIRIODENDRON; LIRIODENDRON TULIPIFERA; QUERCUS MONTANA; TSUGA; TSUGA CANADENSIS;

EID: 79251593451     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2010.03.010     Document Type: Article

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