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Loss of hemlocks will affect water dynamics in southern Appalachian forests
07-09-2007 · EurekAlert!Forest Service research has provided the first estimates on the impact the loss of eastern hemlock will have on the water dynamics of the southern Appalachian mountains. In the June 2007 issue of Ecological Applications, researchers Chelcy Ford and Jim Vose from the FS Southern Research Station Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory present findings on eastern hemlock rates of transpiration from a 2-year study in western North Carolina.
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