overyielding

The amount a species yields, when grown with other species compared to yield in a monoculture.

Noun

  1. The amount a species yields, when grown with other species compared to yield in a monoculture.
  2. The amount of biomass an ecological community (e.g. a grassland patch) yields, compared to any of its member species alone.

Origin

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English yielding English overyielding From over- + yielding.