Water and Nutrient Movement in Small, Forested Watersheds in the Boston Mountains of Arkansas

摘要

Four small (<13.5 ha), upland, hardwood watersheds were selected for a study of the changes in water dynamics and associated chemical changes as water moves through various components of the ecosystem. These watersheds were also used to determine what changes in water movement and chemistry are related to silvicultural treatments of conversion to pine, a shelterwood cut or a clearcut applied 6 yr earlier.