Carbon sequestration in agroforestry systems

Advances in Agronomy

Volumn 108, Issue C, 2010, Pages 237-307

  Ramachandran Nair, P K ^a   Nair, Vimala D ^b   Mohan Kumar, B ^c   Showalter, Julia M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c KERALA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

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EID: 77956531701     PISSN: 00652113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0065-2113(10)08005-3     Document Type: Book

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