Interactions between above- and below-ground monoculture forest plantation components are critical to tree growth and development. Within the Central Hardwoods Region (CHR), synergistic relationships between tree species and soil microbial community stru
(living fence) and interspersed strips ofTithonia diversifoliaandBrachiaria decumbens. In both cases, the lines of trees were planted at a distance of between 6 m and 8 m (depending on the species or combination of species used) [24]. Native tree seedlings produced by the nursery of the ...
If there are no local seeds, foresters may artificially plant seedlings from a nursery in the gap. The idea of artificial treefall gaps is based on the forest dynamic where gaps are created by natural disturbances [5] like ice damage or windfall or when standing dead trees naturally topple....
There was also variability in seedling quality, with the roots of many plants in the nursery growing through their containers into the ground so that roots were ruptured on transplanting. A further problem was that the plots varied in terms of shade, soil conditions and moisture availability, ...