Performance of an age series of Alnus-cardamom plantations in the Sikkim Himalaya: Nutrient dynamics

Annals of Botany

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 273-282

  Sharma, G ^a   Sharma, R ^a   Sharma, E ^a,b   Singh, K K ^a  

^a G B PANT INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT   (India)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR INTEGRATED MOUNTAIN DEVELOPMENT   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Alnus nepalensis; Amomum subulatum (large cardamom); Nitrogen fixation; Nutrient cycling; Nutrient use efficiency; Phosphorus; Plantation age; Turnover time

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; CROP YIELD; INTERCROPPING; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PLANTATION;

INDIA;

ALNUS; ALNUS NEPALENSIS; AMOMUM; BETULACEAE; ELETTARIA CARDAMOMUM;

NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

ALDER; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CARDAMOM; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FORESTRY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INDIA; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

ALGORITHMS; ALNUS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; BIOMASS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ELETTARIA; FORESTRY; INDIA; LINEAR MODELS; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHOSPHORUS; PLANT COMPONENTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036490424     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcf036     Document Type: Article

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