Growth variability in a Senegalese provenance of Acacia nilotica spp. tomentosa

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 207-213

  Wolde Meskel, E ^a,c   Sinclair, F L ^b  

^a Awassa College of Agriculture   (Ethiopia)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Biomass; Provenance; Sample size; Seed size

Indexed keywords

GROWTH RATE; SEED SIZE; SEEDLING;

SENEGAL;

ACACIA NILOTICA;

EID: 0034104519     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006386209560     Document Type: Article

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