A whole-tree harvest experiment

Post date:
Apr 20, 1996
A whole-tree harvest experiment

A whole-tree harvest experiment on watershed 5 illustrated the mechanisms of reorganization and loss of nutrient capital and heightened concerns about the combined effects of atmospheric acid deposition and forest harvest on ecosystem health in base-poor forests in the Northeast.

Photo courtesy of: 
Jeffrey W. Hughes
From: 
Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest: Probing the complex interactions between biological systems and their physical-chemical environment