Response of northern hardwood forests to nutrient perturbation

Abstract

Substantial amounts of calcium have been depleted from the soils of northern hardwood forests in northern New Engtand over the past 50 years. Portions of this depleted calcium have been incorporated into the biomass of the aggrading forests; however, significant amounts have been leached into drainage waters and lost from the ecosystem.

Parent Publication

• Sugar maple ecology and health: proceedings of an international symposium

Citation

Eagar, Christopher; Bailey, Scott; Bailey, Amey. 1999. Response of northern hardwood forests to nutrient perturbation. In: Horsley, Stephen B.; Long, Robert P., eds. Sugar maple ecology and health: proceedings of an international symposium; 1998 June 2-4; Warren, PA. Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-261. Radnor, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station: 89.