Cary Institute scientist Dr. Sarah Batterman uses a map to locate a plot in the ten-year-old forest behind her. (IMAGE)

Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies

Cary Institute scientist Dr. Sarah Batterman uses a map to locate a plot in the ten-year-old forest behind her.

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Cary Institute scientist Dr. Sarah Batterman uses a map to locate a plot in the ten-year-old forest behind her. The research team established 76 of these plots, which were 0.16 hectares in size. Some were fertilized by nitrogen, some by phosphorus, some by nitrogen and phosphorus together, and some with no fertilizer. The team tracked the growth and death of trees within the plots to test the effect of nutrients on forest carbon accumulation. 

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