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... system (Page-Dumroese, Harvey, Jurgensen and Graham, 1991). 44. Logging is removing materials, that when soil contact was made, would have played key roles with the cation exchange capacity, water - ... the upslope side would be filled with humus and inorganic material which would have allowed invertebrates and small vertebrates to tunnel alongside. The down slope side would have provided protective ...
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... factor for plant, animal and entire species survival (STEW). 143. Logging increases soil erosion. Logging affects soil development in an unhealthy fashion. Logging removes designed storehouses for essential elements ... been established on and help stabilize this "new soil", and as invertebrates and small vertebrates would have begun to burrow into the new soil, they would not only have nutritionally ...
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... Vegetation becomes established on and helps stabilize this "new soil", and as invertebrates and small vertebrates begin to burrow into the new soil, they not only nutritionally enrich it with their feces ... resulting cracks as well as along insect channels. Thus logging is removing shelter which invertebrates – from minute mites to centipedes, millipedes, slugs, and snails – would have found ...
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... 234. Logging removes material many invertebrates use or require over time. Many invertebrates use or require particular species of CWD, and different communities of invertebrates occupy and use different decay ... become established on and helped stabilize this "new soil", and as invertebrates and small vertebrates began to burrow into the new soil, they not only would have nutritionally enriched ...
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... such as Calcium, Magnesium, Potassium, and Phosphorus and other essential elements play key roles in soil, plant and tree health as well as the associated other living organisms (Page-Dumroese, Harvey ... the resulting cracks as well as along insect channels. Thus logging is removing shelter which invertebrates – from minute mites to centipedes, millipedes, slugs, and snails – would have found in ...
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... upslope side would be filled with humus and inorganic material which would have allowed invertebrates and small vertebrates to tunnel alongside. The downslope side would have provided protective ... are still relatively poorly understood (Voller and Harrison, 1998). 369. Logging reduces soil wood. Soil wood contains a disproportionate amount of the coniferous non-woody roots or ectomycorrhizae ...
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... become habitat for a variety of invertebrate species shortly after falling. CWD is used by invertebrates as a source of food, for nesting and brooding sites, for protection from predators and ... ). 429. Free-living bacteria in woody residues and soil wood fix 30-60% of the nitrogen in the forest soil. In addition, 20% of soil nitrogen is stored in these components (Harvey et ...
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... during so called drought (Page-Dumroese, Harvey, Jurgensen and Graham, 1991). 61. Logs with soil contact play key roles with the cation exchange capacity, water - holding capacity, bulk density, ... of a slope. The upslope side is filled with humus and inorganic material that allows invertebrates and small vertebrates to tunnel alongside. The downslope side provides protective cover for larger ...
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... . During decomposition, logs and other forms of coarse woody debris (CWD) reduce erosion, affect soil development, store essential elements, nutrients and water, are a potentially large source of energy ... becomes established on and helps stabilize this "new soil", and as invertebrates and small vertebrates begin to burrow into the new soil, they not only nutritionally enrich it with their feces ...
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... Vegetation becomes established on and helps stabilize this "new soil", and as invertebrates and small vertebrates begin to burrow into the new soil, they not only nutritionally enrich it with their feces ... splits into chunks; roots grow down the resulting cracks as well as along insect channels. Invertebrates – from minute mites to centipedes, millipedes, slugs, and snails – find shelter in ...
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