Agua Salud Experiment Tree Planting Design (IMAGE)

Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

Agua Salud Experiment Tree Planting Design

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Tropical forests are home to many species, but they are often very rare. Only a few individuals of a given species are present in a forest. The planting design of the Agua Salud Experiment makes it possible for scientists to take an average: they have enough individuals of each species to better understand if their behavior is representative of the group.

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Jorge Aleman, STRI

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