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

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  • Authors: Stehn, Sarah E.; Webster, Christopher R.; Jenkins, Michael A.; Jose, Shibu.
  • Publication Year: 2010
  • Publication Series: Other
  • 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.

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.

  • 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.
  • Posted Date: October 29, 2010
  • Modified Date: October 29, 2010
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