Nutrient loss accelerated by clear-cutting of a forest ecosystem
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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.
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Bormann, F., Likens, G., Fisher, D., and Pierce, R., 1968, Nutrient loss accelerated by clear-cutting of a forest ecosystem: Science, v. 159, no. 3817, p. 882-884, https://doi.org/10.1126/science.159.3817.882.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Nutrient loss accelerated by clear-cutting of a forest ecosystem |
| Series title | Science |
| DOI | 10.1126/science.159.3817.882 |
| Volume | 159 |
| Issue | 3817 |
| Year Published | 1968 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | American Association for the Advancement of Science |
| Description | 3 p. |
| First page | 882 |
| Last page | 884 |