Herbage response to spacing of loblolly pine trees in a minimal management silvopasture in southeastern USA

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 69-77

  Burner, D M ^a   Brauer, D K ^a  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alley crop; Botanical composition; Festuca arundinacea; Herbage quality; Herbage yield; Pinus taeda

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; GROWTH RESPONSE; SPACING; YIELD;

UNITED STATES;

FESTUCA; PINUS TAEDA; POACEAE; SCHEDONORUS ARUNDINACEUS;

EID: 0037800404     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022943224478     Document Type: Article

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