Biodiversity and silvopastoral system use change in very acid soils

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 131, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 315-324

  Mosquera Losada, M R ^a   Rodriguez Barreira S ^a   Lopez Diaz M L ^b   Fernandez Nunez E ^a   Rigueiro Rodriguez A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Fertilisation; Liming; Silvopastoralism; Spatial and temporal scale; Species richness

Indexed keywords

ACID SOIL; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; DOMINANCE; GROWTH RESPONSE; HETEROGENEITY; PASTURE; SILVICULTURE; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SPECIES RICHNESS;

PINUS RADIATA;

EID: 63049089757     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2009.02.005     Document Type: Article

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