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Published online 27 February 2006
Published in Soil Sci Soc Am J 70:503-509 (2006)
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2005.0154
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Soil Physical Changes Associated with Forest Harvesting Operations on an Organic Soil

J. McFero Grace, IIIa,*, R. W. Skaggsb and D. K. Casselc

a USDA-FS, Southern Research Station, 520 Devall Drive, Auburn Univ., Auburn, AL 36849
b Biological and Agricultural Engineering Dep.
c Soil Science, North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC 27695


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  		Fig. 1. Location of the study watershed in the Tidewater region of North Carolina near Plymouth, NC.

 

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  		Fig. 2. Paired watersheds, WS3 and WS6, defined in the study for the evaluation of harvesting effects. Schematic shows locations of randomly located 10 by 20-m plots, decks, watershed outlets, and soil pits.

 

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  		Fig. 3. Average soil water characteristic for each horizon in the preharvest condition soil profile.

 

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  		Fig. 4. Surface soil water characteristic curves developed for the preharvest condition (pre-harvest WS3 and control) and postharvest WS3 for the shallow organic (Belhaven series) soil in this investigation.

 

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  		Fig. 5. Drained volume relationships developed for the preharvest condition (preharvest WS3 and control) and postharvest WS3 for the shallow organic (Belhaven series) soil in this investigation.

 




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