The BEF-China Main Experiment was established at two sites, covering 50 ha in total. In total, there are 566 plots of 400 trees each, ranging in diversity from monocultures to 24-species mixtures. The experiment used 42 native tree species and 10 shrub species, combined into different species pools. More than 400 000 tree and shrub saplings were planted.
Both sites are located near to the village Xingangshan in Dexing County, near to Wuyuan (Jiangxi province).
Fig. 1: BEF-China Main Experiment Site A (S. Both)
