Mixed forests reconsidered: A forest economics contribution on an ecological concept

Although, effects of small-scale mixtures in stands comprising of many species were not considered we are sure that the findings of this study will in part also apply to mixtures on the forest stand level. While analysing an ecological concept from an economic viewpoint, which is transferable to the general idea of natural diversity, we intend to arouse interest in the ecologically oriented reader to evoke intensified future cooperation.