Silvicultural treatments for sapling mesquite (Prosopis glandulosa var. glandulosa) to optimize timber production and minimize seedling encroachment

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 231-240

  Patch, Nancy L ^a   Felker, Peter ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agroforestry; Desertification; Nitrogen fixation; Semi arid

Indexed keywords

MESQUITE; SILVICULTURAL TREATMENT; TIMBER PRODUCTION; WEED CONTROL;

FABACEAE; PROSOPIS; PROSOPIS GLANDULOSA; PROSOPIS GLANDULOSA GLANDULOSA; SECALE CEREALE;

EID: 0030760409     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(97)00041-8     Document Type: Article

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