Conservation of Competition for Water Nutrients in Semi-arid Agroforestry

Annals of Arid Zone

Volumn 38, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 309-334

  Tilander, Y ^a,c   Ong, C K ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

^c NONE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Competition; Conservation; Nutrients; Semi arid agroforestry; Water

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346159093     PISSN: 05701791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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