Experiment designs to evaluate inter- and intra-specific interactions in mixed plantings of forest trees

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 233, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 366-374

  Vanclay, Jerome K ^a  

^a SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Experiment design; Mixed species; Polyculture; Replacement series; Response surface; Systematic design

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; PLANTS (BOTANY); VEGETATION;

EXPERIMENT DESIGN; POLYCULTURE; RESPONSE SURFACE; SYSTEMATIC DESIGN;

FORESTRY;

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; MIXED FOREST; PLANTATION FORESTRY; SPACING;

BIODIVERSITY; FORESTRY; PLANTS;

EID: 33748677265     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2006.05.034     Document Type: Article

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