Evaporation from soils below sparse crops in contour hedgerow agroforestry in semi-arid Kenya

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 130, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 149-162

  Kinama, J M ^a   Stigter, C J ^b   Ong, C K ^c   Ng'ang'a, J K ^d   Gichuki, F N ^d  

^a KENYA AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Agroforestry systems; Cowpea; Grass strips; Hedgerow intercropping; Maize; Micro lysimeters; Mulch; Senna siamea; Soil evaporation

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; EVAPORATION; SOIL DYNAMICS;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; KENYA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

PANICUM MAXIMUM; SENNA; SENNA SIAMEA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 20444447157     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2005.03.007     Document Type: Article

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