Shoot allometry of Jatropha curcas

Southern Forests

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 279-286

  Ghezehei, S B ^a   Annandale, J G ^a   Everson, C S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Above ground allometry; Basal diameter; Crown depth; Interspecies competition; Jatropha; Tree spacing

Indexed keywords

JATROPHA; JATROPHA CURCAS;

EID: 77949331548     PISSN: 20702620     EISSN: 20702639     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/SF.2009.71.4.5.1032     Document Type: Article

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