Ecological interactions in agroforestry: An overview

Ecological Basis of Agroforestry

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 3-14

  Kohli, Ravinder Kumar ^a   Singh, Harminder Pal ^a   Batish, Daizy Rani ^a   Jose, Shibu ^b  

^a PANJAB UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

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