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. 2014 May 20;9(5):e98600. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0098600

Correction: Designing Mixed Species Tree Plantations for the Tropics: Balancing Ecological Attributes of Species with Landholder Preferences in the Philippines

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The species names for Casuarina equisetifolia and Acacia sp. are misspelled in the Discussion section.

The last row of Table 6 is incorrect. Please see the corrected table below.

Table 6. Recommended design for smallholder tree plantations in Leyte, Philippines based on performance of Rainforestation Farming plantations.

Product Time of thinning (yrs) Number of species Density (trees/ha) Typical species
Firewood 6-10 3-5 450 Gmelina (Gmelina arborea)
Bagalunga (Melia dubia)
Ipil-Ipil (Leucaena laucocephala)
Raintree (Samanea saman)
Mt agoho (Gymnostoma rumphianum)
Agoho (Casuarina equisetifolia)
Thailand acacia (Senna siamea)
Pole 8-12 2-3 200 Gmelina (Gmelina arborea)
Mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla)
Kalumpit (Terminalia macrocarpa)
Dao (Dracontamelon dao)
Narra (Pterocarpusindicus)
Mt agoho (Gymnostoma rumphianum)
Fast-growing timber 14-18 3-5 250 Gmelina (Gmelina arborea)
Mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla)
Teak (Tectona grandis)
Mayapis (Shorea palosapis)
White lauan (Shorea contorta)
Almaciga (Agathis philippinensis)
Tangeli (Shorea polysperma)
Bagtikan (Parashorea plicata)
Slower-growing timber > 20 3-10 200 Yakal saplungan (Hopea plagata)
Yakal kaliot (Hopea malibato)
Malakawayan (Podocarpus rumphii)
Molave (Vitex parviflora)
Narra (Pterocarpus indicus)
Malapanau (Dipterocarpus kerrii)
Tangeli (Shorea polysperma)
Apitong (Dipterocarp grandiflorus)
Apitong hagakhak (Dipterocarpus kunstleri)
Dalingdingan (Hopea dalingdingan)
Red lauan (Shorea negrosensis)
Bitanghol (Calophyllum blancoi)
Bitanghol sibat (Calophyllum lancifolium)
Total 11-23 1100
Fruit trees that could be planted on plantation margin Durian (Durio zibethinus), Mango (Mangifera indica), Rambutan (Nephelium lappaceum), Nangka (Artocarpus heterophyllus)

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