At the end of March, a new experiment was set up in the low-density plots in enclosures and exclosures. The project, named OSCAR (“How wild ungulates modify the cycle of nutrients and carbon in the forest”) aims at testing the effect of ungulates on the biogeochemical cycles. We installed ion exchange resins, buried at 8 cm depth, to capture soil available nutrients during a year, and we also installed tea bags to monitor the decomposition of organic matter for 6 months. Soil and humus samples were also taken.
