Influences on the spatial pattern of soil carbon and nitrogen in forested and non-forested riparian zones in the Atlantic Coastal Plain of the Delaware River Basin

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 302, Issue , 2013, Pages 200-209

  Bedison, James E ^a,b   Scatena, Frederick N ^a   Mead, Jerry V ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Langan Engineering and Environmental Services Inc   (United States)

^c ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES OF DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlantic Coastal Plain; Carbon; Delaware River; Nitrogen; Riparian; Soil

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC COASTAL PLAIN SOILS; COASTAL PLAIN; DELAWARE RIVER; EASTERN NORTH AMERICA; LANDSCAPE CHARACTERISTIC; MULTIVARIATE REGRESSION TREES; RIPARIAN; RIPARIAN ZONE SOILS;

CARBON; COASTAL ZONES; FORESTRY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LAKES; LANDFORMS; NITROGEN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIVERS; WATERSHEDS;

SOILS;

COASTAL PLAIN; EARTHWORM; FOREST COVER; FOREST FLOOR; GIS; LAND COVER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIPARIAN FOREST; RIPARIAN ZONE; SOIL CARBON; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL SURFACE; SOIL TYPE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STREAM; UNSATURATED MEDIUM; WATERSHED;

CARBON; FORESTRY; GIS; LAKES; NITROGEN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIVERS; SOIL; WATER SHEDS;

DELAWARE RIVER; NEW JERSEY; PENNSYLVANIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84876796968     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2013.03.012     Document Type: Article

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