Linking soils and streams: Response of soil solution chemistry to simulated hurricane disturbance mirrors stream chemistry following a severe hurricane

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 332, Issue , 2014, Pages 56-63

  McDowell, William H ^a   Liptzin, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Canopy Trimming Experiment; Disturbance; Hurricane Hugo; Nitrogen; Soil solution; Tropical rain forest

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; DEBRIS; ECOSYSTEMS; EXPERIMENTS; FLOORS; HURRICANE EFFECTS; NITRATES; NITROGEN; RIVERS; SOIL MOISTURE; TRIMMING; TROPICS; WATERSHEDS;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL RESPONSE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTERS; DISTURBANCE; HUMID TROPICAL FOREST; POTASSIUM CONCENTRATIONS; SOIL SOLUTION CHEMISTRY; SOIL SOLUTIONS; TROPICAL RAIN FOREST;

FORESTRY;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; DETRITAL DEPOSIT; DISTURBANCE; FOREST FLOOR; HURRICANE; NITROGEN; RAINFOREST; SOIL CHEMISTRY; STREAMWATER; TROPICAL FOREST; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATERSHED;

EXPERIMENTATION; FOREST CANOPY; NITROGEN; SOIL; SOLUTIONS;

LUQUILLO MOUNTAINS; PUERTO RICO;

EID: 84918817961     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2014.06.001     Document Type: Article

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