ECOLOGY
ECOLOGICAL SUCCESSION
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It takes nutrients out of the forest
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It is not more damaging, forest fire is more damaging
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It prevents all plants from ever growing there again
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There are equally damaging
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Detailed explanation-1: -Why is a clear cut (every tree has been cut down and removed) more damaging to a community than a forest fire? Forest fires leave some species behind as well as topsoil & seeds. With clear cutting, soil can be lost/microclimate can be changed causing original community to not regroup.
Detailed explanation-2: -Destroys forest ecosystems, depriving wildlife of natural habitats and decreasing biodiversity. Still, fauna can return to the area when the forest is renewed. Increases the risks of soil erosion. Trees slow down water currents, preventing rill formation, this is why clear-cutting increases erosion.
Detailed explanation-3: -Clearcutting is an extreme logging method in which resilient natural forests are harvested and replaced with man-made tree plantations that do not replicate the ecosystem services of a healthy forest. Since 1997, over 1 million acres in California have been decimated by clearcutting and related logging practices.