Table 1.
Site characteristics and planting history of 18 of the mixed-species sites in Leyte Province, the Philippines*.
Table 2.
Equations to calculate Important value index (IVI) of species.
Table 3.
Changes of species composition of canopy trees in the Rainforetation plantations over time.
Figure 1.
Changes in stand density of Rainforestation plantations over time.
Mean stand density at measurements (a), estimated stand density at the planting time (b), and stand density of plots at different ages (c).
Figure 2.
Annual rates of mortality and recruitment at sites during the period of 2006–2012.
In categories of species ecology (a) and in categories of species provenance (b).
Figure 3.
Size class distributions of lost trees (death and harvesting) at the Rainforestation sites.
In the periods of 2006–2008 (a) and 2008–2012 (b).
Table 4.
Mortality and recruitment of species groups in Rainforestation plantations over time during the period of 2006–2012.
Table 5.
The estimated time needed for species growing in Rainforestation Farming stands to reach threshold sizes for firewood (10 cm dbh) and lumber (30 cm dbh).
Figure 4.
Importance Value Indices (IVIs) of the 15 common species with the highest IVI in rainforestation plantations in period of 2006–2012.
IVI at measurements (a) and changing trend of IVI between 2006 and 2012 (b).
Table 6.
Recommended design for smallholder tree plantations in Leyte, Philippines based on performance of Rainforestation Farming plantations.