Litter production and nutrient cycling in coffee (Coffea arabica) or cacao (Theobroma cacao) plantations with shade trees

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1988, Pages 103-114

  Beer, John ^a  

^a CATIE   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Agroforestry; Coffea arabica; Cordia alliodora; litterfall; nitrogen fixing; nutrient cycling; review; shade trees; Theobroma cacao

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001224024     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: 15729680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00046846     Document Type: Article

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