Claim · #6492195
Theobroma cacao · facilitation · Cordia alliodora
facilitation · effect: beneficial
interactsWith GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“five-year-old stand of Theobroma cacao and Cordia alliodora with above-ground biomass store of 45.9 Mg/ha”
- Authors
- Buck L.E., Lassoie J.P., Fernandes E.C.M.
- Year
- 1999
- Publication
- CRC Press / Lewis Publishers
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Cacao-Cordia alliodora agroforestry systems are well-documented in Central America; 45.9 Mg/ha above-ground biomass at 5 years is biologically reasonable for a mixed perennial system.”
- soil-scientist · plausible
“Above-ground biomass of 45.9 Mg/ha for a 5-year cacao/Cordia alliodora mixed system in Costa Rica is agronomically reasonable; source quote directly supports the structured fields.”
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