Fig. 1From: Polyculture affects biomass production of component species but not total standing biomass and soil carbon stocks in a temperate forest plantationExperiment site and plantation design. a Twelve monoculture of B. pendula (Bi), A. glutinosa (Al) and F. sylvatica (Be) and four three-species polyculture (M) plots, distributed over two plantation blocks. b Sketch of hexagonal planting design in three-species polyculture. Each plant was surrounded by six neighbours of two conspecific individuals, one and three of the other two speciesBack to article page