Using sap flow gauges to quantify water uptake by tree roots from beneath the crop rooting zone in agroforestry systems

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 15-29

  Howard, S B ^a,b   Ong, C K ^a   Black, C R ^b   Khan, A A H ^a  

^a WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

below ground complementarity; Grevillea robusta; heat balance; Kenya; tree crop interactions

Indexed keywords

FABACEAE; GREVILLEA; GREVILLEA ROBUSTA; PROTEACEAE; VIGNA UNGUICULATA;

EID: 0030433229     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02345326     Document Type: Article

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