Understory removal and prescribed fire to manipulate forest vegetation cover in a southern Appalachian hardwood forest: Effects on soil and stream biogeochemistry

Kevan Minick1, Ryan E Emanuel2, Jennifer D Knoepp3, Peter V Caldwell3 and Andrew C Oishi4, (1)Duke University, Durham, NC, United States, (2)NC State University, Raleigh, United States, (3)USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station, Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory, Otto, NC, United States, (4)USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station, Otto, NC, United States