Above-ground biomass yields at different densities of honey mesquite

Journal of Range Management

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 550-554

  Laxson, John D ^a   Schacht, Walter H ^b   Owens, M Keith ^c  

^a ANGELO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agroforestry; Prosopis glandulosa; Semi arid woodland; Tree growth rates

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; HERBAGE; HONEY MESQUITE; PASTURE; STAND DENSITY; WOOD;

FABACEAE; MIMOSACEAE; PROSOPIS; PROSOPIS GLANDULOSA; PROSOPIS GLANDULOSA GLANDULOSA;

EID: 0030867436     PISSN: 0022409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4003712     Document Type: Article

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