Potential role of soil calcium in recovery of paper birch following ice storm injury in Vermont, USA

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 261, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1539-1545

  Halman, Joshua M ^a   Schaberg, Paul G ^b   Hawley, Gary J ^a   Hansen, Christopher F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Birch decline; Crown vigor; Dendroecology; Tree growth

Indexed keywords

ACID DEPOSITION; ANNUAL RING; BETULA PAPYRIFERA; BIRCH DECLINE; CROWN VIGOR; DENDROECOLOGY; ICE STORM; PAPER BIRCH; PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT; RADIAL GROWTH; TREE GROWTH; TREE MORTALITY; TREE RINGS; VERMONT;

AIR POLLUTION; ALUMINUM COATINGS; CALCIUM; PAPER; SOILS; STORMS;

ICE;

ALUMINUM; CALCIUM; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; CATION; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DENDROECOLOGY; FOREST HEALTH; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FOREST SOIL; GROWTH RESPONSE; ICE STORM; INJURY; MORTALITY; PHYTOTOXICITY; POPULATION DECLINE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SOIL CHEMISTRY; TREE RING;

AIR POLLUTION; ALUMINUM; BETULA; CALCIUM; COATINGS; GROWTH; ICE; PAPER; SOIL; TREES;

UNITED STATES; VERMONT;

BETULA PAPYRIFERA; FILICOPHYTA;

EID: 79952438399     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2011.01.045     Document Type: Article

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