Definition of "overyielding" [overyielding]

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

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• "Complementary use of water and N over time are implicated as causes of overyielding exhibited by both species in this pattern."
• "The objectives of this study were to verify the occurence of overyielding and to examine patterns of N and water use as possible mechanisms for over-yielding in sunflower/mustard intercrops."
• "Two intercrop patterns and sole crops of mustard (Brassica hirta Moench) and sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) were planted in 1988 and 1989 on a silt loam soil to examine mechanisms for overyielding in this intercrop system."