Shrub yield and fodder quality variations in a non-tropical dryland environment in West Asia

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 147-155

  Larbi, A ^a   Khatib Salkini, A ^a   Bolus Jamal, P ^b   Iniguez, L ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH IN THE DRY AREAS ICARDA   (Syrian Arab Republic)

^b LEBANESE UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Chemical composition; Digestibility; Fodder; Rangeland crop livestock production; Seed; Wood

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DESERTIFICATION; DIGESTIBILITY; DRYLAND FARMING; FARMING SYSTEM; FODDER; GLOBAL WARMING; INCUBATION; LIVESTOCK; MITIGATION; ORGANIC MATTER; PROTEIN; RANGELAND; SEED; SHRUB; WOOD;

ASIA; EURASIA; WEST ASIA;

ANIMALIA; ATRIPLEX; ATRIPLEX CANESCENS; ATRIPLEX HALIMUS; ATRIPLEX LENTIFORMIS; ATRIPLEX NUMMULARIA;

EID: 58149478345     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: 15729680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10457-008-9156-z     Document Type: Article

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