Mechanisms of nitrogen retention in forest ecosystems: a field experiment.

@article{Vitousek1984MechanismsON,
  title={Mechanisms of nitrogen retention in forest ecosystems: a field experiment.},
  author={Peter M Vitousek and Pamela Ann Matson},
  journal={Science},
  year={1984},
  volume={225 4657},
  pages={
          51-2
        }
}

• Peter M Vitousek, Pamela Ann Matson
• Published 1984 in Science

Intensive forest management led to elevated losses of nitrogen from a recently harvested loblolly pine plantation in North Carolina. Measurements of nitrogen-15 retention in the field demonstrated that microbial uptake of nitrogen during the decomposition of residual organic material was the most important process retaining nitrogen. Management practices that remove this material cause increased losses of nitrogen to aquatic ecosystems and the atmosphere. 

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