Roads in northern hardwood forests affect adjacent plant communities and soil chemistry in proportion to the maintained roadside area

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 449, Issue , 2013, Pages 320-327

  Neher, Deborah A ^a   Asmussen, David ^a   Lovell, Sarah Taylor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Buffer zone; Herbaceous plants; Road width; Roads; Soil chemistry; Traffic

Indexed keywords

BUFFER ZONES; HERBACEOUS PLANTS; ROAD WIDTH; ROADS; SOIL CHEMISTRY;

ALKALINITY; CADMIUM; COPPER; FORESTRY; GRAVEL; LEAD; ROADSIDES; SOIL MOISTURE; TELECOMMUNICATION TRAFFIC; VEGETATION;

SHOULDERS (ROAD);

CADMIUM; COPPER; LEAD; SULFUR; ZINC;

BUFFER ZONE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FOREST EDGE; FOREST SOIL; HERB; PLANT COMMUNITY; POLLUTION EFFECT; ROADSIDE ENVIRONMENT; SOIL CHEMISTRY; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FOREST; NONHUMAN; PLANT COMMUNITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL ACIDITY; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL MOISTURE; TOPOGRAPHY; TRAFFIC; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; UNITED STATES; VEGETATION; WATER FLOW;

PLANTS; SOIL; TREES;

ALKALINITY; CADMIUM; CONCENTRATING; COPPER; HERBS; LEAD; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; ROADS; SOIL; TELECOMMUNICATIONS;

UNITED STATES; VERMONT;

EID: 84874450101     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.01.062     Document Type: Article

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