The economics of managing tree-crop competition in windbreak and alley systems

Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1403-1414

  Sudmeyer, R ^a   Flugge, F ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coppicing; Oil mallees; Root pruning; Tree crop interactions

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; ALLEY CROPPING; ECONOMICS; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

PINUS RADIATA;

EID: 29144475218     PISSN: 08161089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/EA04155     Document Type: Conference Paper

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