Diversity in tree species in southeastern Ohio Betula nigra L. communities

Larry D. Cribben; Dina D. Scacchetti

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Diversity in tree species in southeastern Ohio Betula nigra L. communities

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Authors:

Larry D. Cribben, Dina D. Scacchetti

Year:

1976

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

In: Dochinger, L. S.; Seliga, T. A., eds. Proceedings of the first international symposium on acid precipitation and the forest ecosystem; Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-23. Upper Darby, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 979-990

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Abstract

Quantitative data were obtained for arboreal species within 50 lowland forests in southeastern Ohio. Thirty-seven communities were dominated by Betula nigra L. and 13 were dominated by Acer saccharinum L. The acidic soils collected from B. nigra communities contained toxic concentrations of exchangeable aluminum and low concentrations of calcium and magnesium. Tree species diversity (Shannon-Weaver index) and species equitability were inversely related to high concentrations of exchangeable aluminum and hydrogen and directly related to high concentrations of exchangeable calcium and magnesium and an increase in soil pH.

Parent Publication

Proceedings of the first international symposium on acid precipitation and the forest ecosystem

Citation

Cribben, Larry D.; Scacchetti, Dina D. 1976. Diversity in tree species in southeastern Ohio Betula nigra L. communities. In: Dochinger, L. S.; Seliga, T. A., eds. Proceedings of the first international symposium on acid precipitation and the forest ecosystem; Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-23. Upper Darby, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 979-990