Litterfall of two southern Appalachian cove hardwood forests
White AM and Rolfe GL. 2003. Litterfall of two southern Appalachian cove hardwood forests. Pages 317-322. In White AM and Rolfe GL (ed): 13th Central Hardwood Forest Conference. Champaign-Urbana, Illinois. April 1-3, 2002. US Forest Service. St. Paul, Minnesota. Central Hardwood Forest Conference
The current study is a component of a larger study interested in determining ecological change of the mixed-mesophytic forest from the Southern Appalachian Mountains to its far most western branches occurring in Illinois.Although there are numerous reports in the literature on litterfall, no reports were found describing litterfall within undisturbed old growth cove hardwood forest of the Southern Appalachian Mountains. The main purpose of this study was to determine annual litterfall rates for an undisturbed old growth cove hardwood forest and second growth cove hardwood forest of the Southern Appalachian Mountain sand to compare the findings for the two forests of different successional stages.
- Type
- Conference Proceeding Paper
- Authors
- White, Aaron; Rolfe, Gary
- Units
- GRSM
- Keywords
- Appalachian Mountains, GRSM-00059, hardwoods, Litter, litterfall, Plant Studies, Trees
- Subjects
- Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Focal Species or Communities | Forest/Woodland Communities