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FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
卷 233, 期 2-3, 页码 205-210出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2006.05.013
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Agathis robusta; Araucaria cunninghamii; Eucalyptus cloeziana; E. pellita; E. tereticornis; mixed-species; polyculture; monoculture
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Results from the humid tropics of Australia demonstrate that diverse plantations can achieve greater productivity than monocultures. We found that increases in both the observed species number and the effective species richness were significantly related to increased levels of productivity as measured by stand basal area or mean individual tree basal area. Four of five plantation species were more productive in mixtures with other species than in monocultures, offering on average, a 55% increase in mean tree basal area. A general linear model suggests that species richness had a significant effect on mean individual tree basal area when environmental variables were included in the model. As monoculture plantations are currently the preferred reforestation method throughout the tropics these results suggest that significant productivity and ecological gains could be made if multi-species plantations are more broadly pursued. (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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