Influence of acid deposition on regeneration dynamics along a disturbance intensity gradient

Sarah E. Stehn; Christopher R. Webster; Michael A. Jenkins; Shibu Jose

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Influence of acid deposition on regeneration dynamics along a disturbance intensity gradient

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Authors:

Sarah E. Stehn, Christopher R. Webster, Michael A. Jenkins, Shibu Jose

Year:

2010

Type:

Other

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

In: Rentch, James S.; Schuler, Thomas M., eds. 2010. Proceedings from the conference on the ecology and management of high-elevation forests in the central and southern Appalachian Mountains. 2009 May 14-15; Slatyfork, WV. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-P-64. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station: 241.

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Abstract

Now considered one of the most threatened vegetation communities in North America, spruce-fir forests of the southern Appalachians have been devastated by the combined impacts of the exotic balsam woolly adelgid (Adelges piceae, BWA) and chronic acid deposition.

Parent Publication

Proceedings from the conference on the ecology and management of high-elevation forests in the central and southern Appalachian Mountains

Citation

Stehn, Sarah E.; Webster, Christopher R.; Jenkins, Michael A.; Jose, Shibu. 2010. Influence of acid deposition on regeneration dynamics along a disturbance intensity gradient. In: Rentch, James S.; Schuler, Thomas M., eds. 2010. Proceedings from the conference on the ecology and management of high-elevation forests in the central and southern Appalachian Mountains. 2009 May 14-15; Slatyfork, WV. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-P-64. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station: 241.