Do light and alfalfa responses to cloth and slatted shade represent those measured under an agroforestry system?

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 157-173

  Varella, A C ^a   Moot, D J ^b   Pollock, K M ^b   Peri, P L ^c   Lucas, R J ^b  

^a EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^b LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PATAGONIA AUSTRAL   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Lucerne; Photosynthesis; Radiata pinus; Radiation use efficiency; Silvopastoral; Transmittance

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; ALFALFA; CONIFEROUS TREE; DRY MATTER; GROWTH RATE; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; LIGHT INTENSITY; LIGHT USE EFFICIENCY; MORPHOLOGY; PASTORALISM; PASTURE; SHADING; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TRANSMITTANCE; YIELD RESPONSE;

MEDICAGO SATIVA; RADIATA;

EID: 78651446597     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: 15729680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10457-010-9319-6     Document Type: Article

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