Tropical leguminous species for acid soils: Studies on plant form and growth in Costa Rica

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 175-192

  Tilki, Fahrettin ^a   Fisher, Richard F ^b  

^a KAFKAS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agroforestry; Growth; N2 fixation; Native species; Tree form

Indexed keywords

ACID SOIL; AGROFORESTRY; CROP GROWTH; GROWTH; LEGUME; LEGUME PRODUCTION; PERFORMANCE TRIAL; TROPICS;

COSTA RICA;

EID: 0032569257     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(98)00225-4     Document Type: Article

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