Tree species diversity and ecosystem function: Can tropical multi-species plantations generate greater productivity?

By Peter Erskine, D. Lamb, Mila Bristow. 2006

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Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation

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In Economics and Econometrics

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2. M. Day
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5. T. Sunderland
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In Nature and Landscape Conservation

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4. N. Kunert
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6. Jurgis Sapijanskas
7. Xiangdong Lei
8. P. West

Citations in the corpus

• Tropical tree diversity enhances light capture through crown plasticity and spatial and temporal niche differences (2014, background): “Similarly, architectural complementarity among tree crowns and a more complete multi-layered exploitation of light are often proposed to explain growth enhancement in tree mixtures (Erskine et al. 2006, Pretzsch and Schutze 2009).”
• Growing Plantation Forests (2010, background): “However, various benefits can be obtained by establishing mixed-species plantations where two or more tree species are grown together (Kelty 1992, 2006; Ball et al. 1995; Keenan et al. 1995; Lamb et al. 2005a; Erskine et al. 2006; Knoke et al. 2008; Richards et al. 2010; Onyekwelu et al. 2011).”
• TRIAD zoning in Quebec: Experiences and results after 5 years (2009, background): “They may even be more productive than monocultures because they make more optimal use of the resources (Erskine et al. 2006, Brooker et al. 2008).”
• Relationships between stand growth and structural diversity in spruce-dominated forests in New Brunswick, Canada. (2009, background): “Relationships are either negative (Huston 1980; Wardle et al. 1997; Firn et al. 2007), positive (Troumbis and Memtsas 2000; Erskine et al. 2006; Vilà et al. 2007), or insignificant (Vilà et al. 2003).”
• Relationships between tree species diversity and above-ground biomass in Central African rainforests: implications for REDD (2013, background): “Experimental data and direct observation of ecosystems have revealed positive relationships between species diversity, biomass and productivity (Tilman et al. 1997; Erskine et al. 2006; Cardinale et al. 2007; Midgley et al. 2010).”