Single-tree influences on soil properties in agroforestry: Lessons from natural forest and savanna ecosystems

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 71-94

  Rhoades, C C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

farmed parkland; nutrient cycling; plantation forestry; soil heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PARKLANDS; PLANTATION FORESTRY; SAVANNA; SOIL HETEROGENEITY; SOIL PROPERTIES;

EID: 0030728927     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02345330     Document Type: Article

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