Effects of Soil Disturbance on Vegetation Recovery and Nutrient Accumulation Following Whole-Tree Harvest of a Northern Hardwood Ecosystem
1993; Wiley; Volume: 30; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês
10.2307/2404245
ISSN1365-2664
AutoresPu Mou, Timothy J. Fahey, Jeffrey W. Hughes,
Tópico(s)Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
ResumoAcccumulation of recovering vegetation is often the principal mechanism limiting nutrient loss following large-scale disturbance of forest ecosystems. The relationships were examined between soil disturbance associated with whole-tree harvest, and the rates and patterns of biomass and nutrient accumulation in regrowing vegetation at Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest (HBEF), New Hampshire. Recovering vegetation was dominated initially by pin cherry and Rubus spp., but the importance of the tree species that dominate the mature forest (beech, maple, birch) increased through 6 years of succession. In general, vegetation recovery was comparable to that following previous clearcutting experiments at HBEF (...)
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