Concept information
This concept has been deprecated.
Preferred term
forest harvesting
Definition
- [Stephanie Grand] Forest harvesting is a major threat to environmental quality in the Puget Sound Georgia Basin area.One of the impacts of logging is increased aluminum levels in soil and water. The classic study ofLikens et al. (1970) showed a ten-fold increase in stream aluminum concentration as a result ofclear-cut logging with vegetation re-growth suppressed for two years by herbicides. High levels ofdissolved aluminum in streams have been shown to cause mortality in fish and aquatic invertebrates.Dissolved aluminum precipitates as aluminum hydroxide in fish gills and causes respiratoryproblems... , "[Ian D. BISHOP] Forest harvesting is a controversial topic in Australia. The Australian public has a specialaffection for the native Eucalpytus forest and the animals it supports. The practice ofclearfelling, followed by high temperature burning and aerial sowing of eucalypt seeds (clearfell,burn and sowCBS) is the most commonly used approach for wood production in tall wet eucalypt forestin south-east Australia (FLORENCE, 1996)... , "[Robert I. McDonald] Forest harvesting is an important, ongoing disturbance that affects the composition, structure, and ecological function of the majority of the world'
Broader concept
Entry terms
- forestation harvesting
- forest harvest
- forest harvested
- forest harvesters
- forest harvests
Scope note
- MS Academic Keywords
URI
http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/msa0461
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