Nutrient leaching and deep drainage under Eucalyptus plantations managed in short rotations after afforestation of an African savanna: Two 7-year time series

Intense uptake and cycling of nutrients mitigated the risk due to clear cut and N fertilisation in this forest plantation. Nevertheless, forest managers must carefully fit fertilisation regimes to the nutrient requirements of new clone selected by breeding programmes and reduce as much as possible the delay between harvesting and re-planting to avoid high losses by deep drainage.