Code
174U02311
Duration
01 March 2011 → 28 February 2012
Funding
Regional and community funding: various
Promotor
Research disciplines
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Natural sciences
- Plant biology
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Agricultural and food sciences
- Forestry sciences
Keywords
functional biodiversity
forest ecosystems
Limburg
Project description
This project aims at establishing a large-scaled experiment that will allow to quantify the effect of tree species diversity on forest ecosystem functioning. The experiment will be established on a 8 ha site situated in Hechtel-Eksel, in the state forest Pijnven. In total 25 000 trees of five different species will be planted.