Mixed-Species <i>Acacia</i> Plantation Decreases Soil Organic Carbon and Total Nitrogen Concentrations but Favors Species Regeneration and Tree Growth over Monoculture: A Thirty-Three-Year Field Experiment in Southern China

Mixed-Species <i>Acacia</i> Plantation Decreases Soil Organic Carbon and Total Nitrogen Concentrations but Favors Species Regeneration and Tree Growth over Monoculture: A Thirty-Three-Year Field Experiment in Southern China

Mixed-species plantations of trees with N-fixing species have the potential of promoting forest productivity and soil fertility. However, few studies in the literature have addressed the advantages of mixed-species plantations of leguminous trees over monocultures of leguminous trees based on in sit...

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Main Authors: Shengnan Ouyang, Liehua Tie, Xingquan Rao, Xi’an Cai, Suping Liu, Valentina Vitali, Lanying Wei, Qingshui Yu, Dan Sun, Yongbiao Lin, Arun K. Bose, Arthur Gessler, Weijun Shen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-05-01
Series:Forests
Subjects:
<i>Acacia mangium</i> monoculture
mixed-species plantation
species regeneration
soil microbial community
soil organic carbon
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/14/5/968

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