Research Article
Vegetation Productivity/Stability and Other Possible Ecological Invariant Relationships Demonstrated in a Microplot Multispecies Pasture Sward
Table 10
Comparison of observed and simulated biomass and density proportions (%) for top ten species using growth and mortality functions only.
| Species | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J |
| Biomass observed | | | | | | | | | | | I | 20 | 12
| 12
| 11
| 9
| 7
| 5
| 5
| 4
| 2
| II | 27 | 18
| 11
| 11
| 8
| 7
| 5
| 5
| 3
| 1
| III | 42 | 15
| 10
| 10
| 6
| 5
| 2
| 4
| 2
| 1
| IV | 64 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 3 | <1 | 3 | 1 | <1 | Fitted | | | | | | | | | | | I | 20 | 18 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 2 | II | 29 | 18 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 2 | III | 43 | 15 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | IV | 63 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 3 | <1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | Density observed | | | | | | | | | | | I | 9 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 9 | IV | 12 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 8 | Fitted | | | | | | | | | | | I | 9 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | IV | 13 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 12 |
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