Hemlock infestation and mortality: Impacts on nutrient pools and cycling in appalachian forests

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1935-1945

  Knoepp, Jennifer D ^a   Vose, James M ^a   Clinton, Barton D ^a   Hunter, Mark D ^a,b  

^a US Forest Service Southern Research Station ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADELGES TSUGAE; APPALACHIANS; BASAL AREA; FOREST FLOORS; HARDWOOD SPECIES; HEMLOCK TREES; HEMLOCK WOOLLY ADELGID; LITTERFALLS; N MINERALIZATION RATE; N TRANSFORMATION; NON-NATIVE; NUTRIENT CONTENTS; NUTRIENT CYCLING; NUTRIENT POOLS; RIPARIAN AREAS; RIPARIAN ECOSYSTEM; SOIL SOLUTION CHEMISTRY; SOIL SOLUTIONS; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SURFACE SOIL; THROUGHFALL; TSUGA CANADENSIS;

ECOSYSTEMS; FLOORS; HARDWOODS; LAKES; NUTRIENTS; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL SURVEYS; TEMPERATURE; WETLANDS;

FORESTRY;

BASAL AREA; DEFOLIATION; DICOTYLEDON; FOREST FLOOR; INSECT; INVASIVE SPECIES; LITTERFALL; MINERALIZATION; MORTALITY; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PEST SPECIES; RIPARIAN FOREST; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL CARBON; SOIL PROPERTY;

APPALACHIA; ECOLOGY; HARDWOODS; LAKES; MORTALITY; NUTRIENTS; TSUGA; WETLANDS;

APPALACHIANS;

EID: 82955239778     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2010.0409     Document Type: Article

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