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Forests with Randomly Arranged Tree Species Are More Productive

Summary by wissenschaft.de
The way in which different tree species are distributed in a forest influences their productivity, as biologists have found out. Thus, trees generate more biomass and decompose more carbon when the tree species are randomly mixed. Trees planted in blocks, on the other hand, grow worse. The researchers therefore recommend that when afforestation is carried out, trees are as confused as possible or in rows of alternating [...] The article Forests …
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The way in which different tree species are distributed in a forest influences their productivity, as biologists have found out. Thus, trees generate more biomass and decompose more carbon when the tree species are randomly mixed. Trees planted in blocks, on the other hand, grow worse. The researchers therefore recommend that when afforestation is carried out, trees are as confused as possible or in rows of alternating [...] The article Forests …

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wissenschaft.de broke the news in on Wednesday, July 23, 2025.
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