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Science 26 May 1972:
Vol. 176. no. 4037, pp. 914 - 915
DOI: 10.1126/science.176.4037.914
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Revegetation following Forest Cutting: Mechanisms for Return to Steady-State Nutrient Cycling

P. L. Marks 1 and F. H. Bormann 2

1 Section of Ecology and Systematics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14850
2 School of Forestry, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06511

Dense stands of a woody, successional species, Prunus pensylvanica L., develop rapidly, with early closure of canopy and rapid attainment of high values of net annual production and nutrient accumulation. Such rapid growth following disturbance tends to minimize losses of nutrients from the ecosystem, thus promoting a return to steady-state cycling characteristic of a mature forest.


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