Response to sewage sludge fertilisation in a Quercus rubra L. silvopastoral system: Soil, plant biodiversity and tree and pasture production

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 141, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 49-57

  Ferreiro Dominguez N ^a   Rigueiro Rodriguez A ^a   Mosquera Losada, M R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Afforestation; Agroforestry; Dose; Sowing; Waste

Indexed keywords

AFFORESTATION; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; AGROFORESTRY; BIODIVERSITY; DECIDUOUS TREE; EUROPEAN UNION; LAND MANAGEMENT; ORGANIC FARMING; PASTURE; SANDY SOIL; SEWAGE; SILVICULTURE; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL NUTRIENT; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOWING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

QUERCUS RUBRA;

EID: 79954631368     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2011.02.009     Document Type: Article

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