Vector competition analysis of a Leucaena-maize alley cropping system in western Kenya

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 255-268

  Imo, Moses ^a   Timmer, Victor R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hedgerow spacing; Nitrogen mineralization; Tree crop interactions

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; CROPPING PRACTICE; GROWTH; MAIZE; NUTRIENT UPTAKE;

KENYA;

EID: 0034628574     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(99)00091-2     Document Type: Article

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