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Experimental design
The different community compositions were defined following a random partition design to assign random tree species assemblages to the plots.
Tree species richness was 0 (control, no planting), 1 (monocultures), 2, 4, 8, or 16.
The communities differed in the level of facilitation, calculated based on the
Community Weighted Mean of the facilitation index (RII) for each of the 16 tree
species planted. Each community composition was replicated at least 3 times.
The layout of the 155 plots within the site, and the planting layout of the 32 trees within the plots.
Site Characteristics
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