Growth of radiate pine (Pinus radiata D. Don) as influenced by understory species in a silvopastoral system in New Zealand

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 43-51

  Chang, Scott X ^a   Mead, Donald J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Silviculture Advisor ^*  (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Competition; Forage species; Genotype; Pasture; Stem quality; Temperate

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); GROUND COVER; PASTURE; SILVICULTURE; UNDERSTORY;

NEW ZEALAND;

DACTYLIS GLOMERATA; LOLIUM PERENNE; MEDICAGO SATIVA; PHALARIS; PHALARIS AQUATICA; PINUS RADIATA; TRIFOLIUM;

EID: 0242659823     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026137019822     Document Type: Conference Paper

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