Nitrogen and fine root length dynamics in a tropical agroforestry system with periodically pruned Erythrina poeppigiana

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 149-159

  Chesney, Patrick ^a,b  

^a CATIE   (Costa Rica)

^b Conservation International Guyana ^*  (Guyana)

Author keywords

Aboveground biomass; Humid tropics; Mineralisation; Nitrification; Nutrient cycling

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; AGROFORESTRY; ALLEY CROPPING; CROPPING PRACTICE; FLOWERING; FRUIT; LEGUME; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN CYCLE; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PRUNING; ROOT;

CARTAGO; CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA; TURRIALBA;

ERYTHRINA POEPPIGIANA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 37549030902     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: 15729680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10457-007-9064-7     Document Type: Article

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