title: Nutrient loss accelerated by clear-cutting of a forest ecosystem.
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.
authors.forename: F H
authors.initials: FH
authors.lastname: Bormann
authors.forename: G E
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: Likens
authors.forename: D W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Fisher
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Pierce