The Northern hardwood forest ecosystem :
ten years of recovery from clearcutting /
J.W. Hornbeck, C.W. Martin, R.S. Pierce, F.H. Bormann, G.E. Likens, J.S. Eaton.

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Main Author

Hornbeck, James W.

Related Names

Eaton, J. S.
Likens, Gene E., 1935-
Bormann, F. Herbert, 1922-2012.
Pierce, Robert Stanley, 1925-
Martin, C. Wayne (Research forester)
Northeastern Forest Experiment Station (Radnor, Pa.)
United States. Department of Agriculture.
United States. Forest Service.

Language(s)

English

Published

Washington, DC : United States Government Printing Office, 1987.

Subjects

Forests and forestry.
Clearcutting.
Forests and forestry > Forests and forestry / Research > Forests and forestry / Research / New Hampshire.
Clearcutting > Clearcutting / New Hampshire.
New Hampshire.

Summary

Two even-age management systems, progressive strip cutting and block clearcutting, have been studied since 1970 on small watersheds at the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest, New Hampshire. In the strip cutting, all merchantable trees were harvested in a series of three strips over 4 years (1970-74). In the block clearcutting, all trees were harvested in a single operation in 1970. This paper contrasts progressive strip cutting and block clearcutting for the 10-year period after initiation of harvest in terms of hydrologic response, erosion losses, stream water ions, nutrient leaching, nutrient removals in harvested products, and natural regeneration of vegetation.

Note

"February 1987"--Title page verso.
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30 pages : illustrations, map ; 28 cm.

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