Pasture production under different tree species and densities in an Atlantic silvopastoral system

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 53-62

  Rozados Lorenzo, M J ^a   Gonzalez Hernandez M P ^b   Silva Pando, F J ^a,b  

^a Santiago de Compostela University   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Galicia; Herbage production; Leaf area index; NW Spain; Tree canopy; Tree density

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS TREE; DECIDUOUS TREE; LEAF AREA INDEX; PASTORALISM; PASTURE; POPULATION DENSITY; SILVICULTURE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GALICIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

BETULA PUBESCENS; CASTANEA SATIVA; CONIFEROPHYTA; PINUS PINASTER; PINUS RADIATA; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII; QUERCUS RUBRA;

EID: 34247368909     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: 15729680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10457-007-9032-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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