Larch Litter Removal Has No Significant Effect On Runoff

Richard S. Startz; David N. Tolsted

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Larch Litter Removal Has No Significant Effect On Runoff

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Richard S. Startz, David N. Tolsted

Year:

1974

Type:

Research Note

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

Research Note NC-163. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station

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Abstract

Runoff was measured on paired litter-removed, litter-left plots in an 11-year-old European larch plantation. On five of the six pairs of plots, the plot with the litter left intact yielded more runoff. however, the differences were neither statistically nor hydrologically significant.

Keywords

overland flow, infiltration, forestation, watershed management

Citation

Startz, Richard S.; Tolsted, David N. 1974. Larch Litter Removal Has No Significant Effect On Runoff. Research Note NC-163. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station