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Which is better for woodland creation: planting native species, or natural colonisation? The answer depends on your measure of success. New paper by Hughes et al. 🧪🌲🌳🌍 besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Comparing the development of naturally colonised and planted temperate forests across a 60‐year chronosequence
During forest creation in temperate, agriculturally dominated systems, tree planting accumulates above-ground biomass more quickly than natural colonisation, whereas naturally colonised forests are m....