Root system characteristics with agroforestry relevance of nine leguminous tree species and a spontaneous fallow in a semi-deciduous rainforest area of West Africa

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 84, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 199-208

  Schroth, Götz ^a,c   Kolbe, Dorothee ^a   Pity, Balle ^b   Zech, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b Institut des Forêts   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^c EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Agroforestry; Competition; Root carbon; Root distribution; Root nitrogen; Tree legume

Indexed keywords

CHROMOLAENA; CHROMOLAENA ODORATA; FABACEAE;

AGROFORESTRY; RAINFOREST; ROOT SYSTEM; TREE LEGUME;

AFRICA, (WEST);

EID: 0030201321     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1127(96)03735-8     Document Type: Article

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