| Abstract: | The forest of a small watershed-ecosystem was cut in order to determine the effects of removal of vegetation on nutrient cycles. Relative to undisturbed ecosystems, the cut ecosystem exhibited accelerated loss of nutrients: nitrogen lost during the first year after cutting was equivalent to the amount annually turned over in an undisturbed system, and losses of cations were 3 to 20 times greater than from comparable undisturbed systems. Possible causes of the pattern of nutrient loss from the cut ecosystem are discussed. |
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| Citation Author: | Bormann, F. H.; Likens, G. E.; Fisher, D. W.; Pierce, R. S. |
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| Citation Search Results Text: | Nutrient loss accelerated by clear-cutting of a forest ecosystem; 1968; Article; Journal; Science; Bormann, F. H.; Likens, G. E.; Fisher, D. W.; Pierce, R. S. |
| Citation Start Page: | 882 |
| Citation Volume: | 159 |
| Citation Year: | 1968 |
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| Text: | Nutrient loss accelerated by clear-cutting of a forest ecosystem; 1968; Article; Journal; Science; Bormann, F. H.; Likens, G. E.; Fisher, D. W.; Pierce, R. S. |
| URL (THUMBNAIL): | http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/thumbnails/outside_thumb.jpg |
| Date Other: | Mon, 1 Jan 1968 00:00 -0600 |
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