Pastures ranged in age
from 25 to 53 years prior to plantation forest establishment, and
pasture sites sampled in this study were 54–59 years old. Forest
stands sampled in this study were on average 2.3 hectares and range from 0.2 to 5.5 ha in size. The native tree species in this ecosystem
and the remaining ‘‘reference’’ forest on the experimental
site included