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of a monostand increases with increasing density, up to the point where the biomass saturates. This is what has been dubbed 'constant final yield', and refers to the total plant biomass per unit ground area. Seed production per ground area is not constant, but often declines with density after total biomass per ground area reached its maximum value.

Plant density and self-thinning

Experiments with herbaceous plants have been carried out with extremely high densities (up to 80,000 plants per square meter). At such high densities,

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