Temperature and earthworm effects on C and N dynamics in oak stands along an urban-rural land use gradient

Richard Pouyat; P. M. Groffman; M. M. Carreiro; P. Bohlen; R. W. Parmelee

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Temperature and earthworm effects on C and N dynamics in oak stands along an urban-rural land use gradient

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Authors:

Richard Pouyat, P. M. Groffman, M. M. Carreiro, P. Bohlen, R. W. Parmelee

Year:

1996

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

In: Hom, John; Birdsey, Richard; O'Brian, Kelly, eds. Proceedings 1995 meeting of the northern global change program; Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-214. Radnor, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station: 208.

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Abstract

In previous studies of an urban-rural land use gradient in the New York City metropolitan area, urban forest soils had higher heavy metal concentrations, soil temperatures, and abundances of earthworms than rural soils, while rural soils had higher abundances of fungi.

Parent Publication

Proceedings, 1995 meeting of the Northern Global Change Program; 1995 March 14-16; Pittsburgh, PA. : Introduction/Environmental Change

Citation

Pouyat, R. V.; Groffman, P. M.; Carreiro, M. M.; Bohlen, P.; Parmelee, R. W. 1996. Temperature and earthworm effects on C and N dynamics in oak stands along an urban-rural land use gradient. In: Hom, John; Birdsey, Richard; O''Brian, Kelly, eds. Proceedings 1995 meeting of the northern global change program; Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-214. Radnor, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station: 208.