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Strategies for Determining Consequences of Harvesting and Associated Practices on Long-Term Productivity

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Impacts of Forest Harvesting on Long-Term Site Productivity

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Forest harvesting removes nutrients in biomass and, along with site preparation operations, may remove or displace nutrients contained in logging slash and the forest floor. Considerable soil disturbance may also occur resulting in nutrient loss and often soil compaction. Sites vary in their resilience to disturbance, depending not only on inherent site factors, including climate and soil properties (i.e., site quality), but also on the intensity of the forestry operation and site conditions at the time of disturbance.

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  3. Department of Soil and Water Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA

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Dyck, W.J., Cole, D.W. (1994). Strategies for Determining Consequences of Harvesting and Associated Practices on Long-Term Productivity. In: Dyck, W.J., Cole, D.W., Comerford, N.B. (eds) Impacts of Forest Harvesting on Long-Term Site Productivity. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-1270-3_2

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