Faster growth of Eucalyptus grandis and Eucalyptus pilularis in mixed-species stands than monocultures

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 286, Issue , 2012, Pages 81-86

  Forrester, David I ^a,b,c   Smith, R Geoff B ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b Cooperative Research Centre for Forestry ^*  (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^d Northern Research   (Australia)

Author keywords

Competition; Competitive reduction; Complementarity; Eucalyptus grandis; Eucalyptus pilularis

Indexed keywords

CO-EXISTENCE; COMPETITIVE REDUCTION; COMPLEMENTARITY; DIAMETER DISTRIBUTIONS; EUCALYPTUS FORESTS; EUCALYPTUS GRANDIS; EUCALYPTUS PILULARIS; EUCALYPTUS PLANTATIONS; INDIVIDUAL TREE; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; MIXED-SPECIES STANDS; MIXING EFFECTS; NATIVE FORESTS; NATURAL FORESTS; PLANTING DENSITY; SOLID WOOD PRODUCTS; STAND STRUCTURES;

COMPETITION; MIXING; MIXTURES;

FORESTRY;

COEXISTENCE; COMPLEMENTARITY; DIAMETER; EVERGREEN FOREST; GROWTH RATE; LOGGING (TIMBER); MIXED FOREST; MONOCULTURE; NATIVE SPECIES; PLANTATION FORESTRY; SILVICULTURE; SKEWNESS; STAND STRUCTURE;

COMPETITION; EUCALYPTUS GRANDIS; EUCALYPTUS PILULARIS; FORESTRY; MIXING; MIXTURES;

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS GRANDIS; EUCALYPTUS PILULARIS;

EID: 84867004641     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2012.08.037     Document Type: Article

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