Measuring ecosystem capacity to provide regulating services: Forest removal and recovery at Hubbard Brook (USA)

Ecological Applications

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 2011-2021

  Beier, Colin M ^a   Caputo, Jesse ^a   Groffman, Peter M ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Deforestation; Drought mitigation; Flood prevention; Flow regulation; Forest recovery; Greenhouse gas fluxes; Nitrate deposition; Pollution remediation; Water quality regulation

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE FORCING; DEFORESTATION; DRINKING WATER; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EUTROPHICATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FLOW REGULATION; GREENHOUSE GAS; POLLUTION INCIDENCE; RAINWATER; REMEDIATION; WATER FLOW; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

HUBBARD BROOK; NEW HAMPSHIRE; UNITED STATES;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOREST; FORESTRY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PROCEDURES; TIME; UNITED STATES; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FORESTRY; FORESTS; NEW HAMPSHIRE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TIME FACTORS; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84943592654     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19395582     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/14-1376.1     Document Type: Article

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