Biometric relationships and growth of pruned and non-pruned Acacia saligna under runoff irrigation in northern Kenya

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 349-359

  Droppelmann, K J ^a,b   Berliner, P R ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acacia saligna; Allometry; Tree growth

Indexed keywords

ACACIA SALIGNA; ALLOMETRY; PRUNING;

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; BIOMASS; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); IRRIGATION; PLANTS (BOTANY); REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

FORESTRY;

BIOMASS; BIOMETRY; PRUNING; YIELD;

KENYA;

ACACIA; ACACIA SALIGNA;

EID: 0034711971     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(99)00106-1     Document Type: Article

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