Leaf biomass determination on woody shrub species in semiarid zones

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 181-192

  Foroughbakhch, R ^a   Hernandez Pinero J L ^a   Alvarado Vazquez M A ^a   Cespedes Cabriales E ^a   Rocha Estrada, A ^a   Cardenas Avila M L ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE NUEVO LEÓN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Leaf biomass; Semiarid; Structural analysis; Tamaulipan matorral; Thornscrub

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CANOPY; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FORAGE; GROWTH RATE; LEAF MORPHOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; SEMIARID REGION; SHRUB; SHRUBLAND; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 70350350191     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: 15729680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10457-008-9194-6     Document Type: Article

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