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Science 27 May 1977:
Vol. 196. no. 4293, pp. 981 - 983
DOI: 10.1126/science.196.4293.981
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Nitrogen Budget for an Aggrading Northern Hardwood Forest Ecosystem

F. H. BORMANN 1, G. E. LIKENS 2, and J. M. MELILLO 3

1 School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06511
2 Section of Ecology and Systematics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853
3 Ecosystem Center, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts 02543

Long-term analyses of the structure and function of a northern hardwood ecosystem have resulted in measurement of the salient features of the nitrogen cycle. These data allow an evaluation of the importance of the various components and provide a framework for more efficient forest management.

Submitted on August 16, 1976
Revised on December 3, 1976


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