Harvard Forest Research Project 2025

Title: Trends in Soil Carbon Stocks in a Hemlock Stand Infected by Hemlock Woolly Adelgid at Harvard Forest since 2015
Principal investigator: Alix Contosta (alix.contosta@unh.edu)
Institution: University of New Hampshire - Main Campus
Primary contact: Alix Contosta (alix.contosta@unh.edu)
Team members: Brendan Murphy
Mariah Rietzel
Peter Tansey
Shannon Van Hise
Abstract:
This project will estimate change over time in soil bulk density and total soil carbon and nitrogen concentrations ten years after baseline soil sample collection that occurred in tandem with the appearance of the hemlock woolly adelgid.