Poplar leaf biomass distribution and nitrogen dynamics in a poplar-barley intercropped system in southern Ontario, Canada

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 79-90

  Thevathasan, N V ^a   Gordon, A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Interactions; Intercropping; Nitrogen mineralization

Indexed keywords

BARLEY; INTERCROPPING; LEAF BIOMASS; NITRIFICATION; POPLAR; SOIL;

CANADA, ONTARIO, GUELPH;

HORDEUM; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; POACEAE; POPULUS; POPULUS BEROLINENSIS; SALICACEAE; SALIX; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0030847273     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005853811781     Document Type: Article

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