Nutrient loss accelerated by clear-cutting of a forest ecosystem
Science
By: F.H. Bormann, G.E. Likens, D.W. Fisher, and R.S. Pierce
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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.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Nutrient loss accelerated by clear-cutting of a forest ecosystem |
| Series title | Science |
| Volume | 159 |
| Issue | 3817 |
| Year Published | 1968 |
| Language | English |
| Larger Work Type | Article |
| Larger Work Subtype | Journal Article |
| Larger Work Title | Science |
| First page | 882 |
| Last page | 884 |
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