Tree pruning as a means of controlling water use in an agroforestry system in Kenya

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 133-148

  Jackson, N A ^a   Wallace, J S ^a   Ong, C K ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Agroforestry; Grevillea robusta; Management; Pruning; Water use

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034628477     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(99)00096-1     Document Type: Article

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