Changes in Net Primary Productivity and Cellulose Decomposition Rates in a Water Tupelo Bald Cypress Swamp Following Timber Harvest
Date Published: 1988
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- Mader, Stephen F.
Hardwood Research Cooperative, College of Forest Resources, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC - Aust, W. Michael
Hardwood Research Cooperative, College of Forest Resources, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC - Lea, Russ
Hardwood Research Cooperative, College of Forest Resources, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
First-year responses of aboveground net primary productivity and cellulose decomposition rates following clearcutting were determined for a water tupelo - bald cypress swamp in southwestern Alabama, Responses of helicopter- and skidder-logged plots were compared to each other, and an adjacent, undisturbed reference stand. Additionally, cellulose decomposition was measured on plots treated with herbicide to control the effect of revegetation on decay rates. The tupelo-cypress swamp showed rap¡d, early recovery of two important ecosystem functions, indication of high resilience from disturbance.
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