8. QUANTATIVE INVESTIGATION OF CIRCULATION PATHS OF ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS: Nitrogen (N) Potassium (P) Calcium (Ca) Input From Rain. Subsoil Weathering. Circulation within Forest-Soil-Animal System. Losses by way of Crops of Plants or Animals. Runoff in Dissolved & Particulate Forms. Evolved a Circulation System which reduces Nutrient loss from leaching and runoff by keeping Most of the minerals locked up in Vegetation.
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12. SPECIES: PINE PROCESS N (Kgs) P (Kgs) K (Kgs) Ca (Kgs) Uptake 45 5 7 29 Return 35 4 7 19 Storage 10 1 2 10 Thinning Removal 1.8 0.1 1 5