Land suitability classification of choice of trees species in district Rahim Yar Khan, Punjab, Pakistan

African Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 5, Issue 23, 2010, Pages 3219-3229

  Rahim, Syed Muhammad Akmal ^a   Hasnain, Shahida ^b   Shamsi, R A ^b  

^a Punjab Forest Department   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE PUNJAB   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Agroecological zones; Agroforestry; Land suitability classification; Soil profile

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651378815     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1991637X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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