Belowground competition for nutrients in shrub-encroached Mediterranean dehesas

Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 347-354

  Rivest, David ^a,b   Rolo, Víctor ^a   López Díaz, M Lourdes ^a   Moreno, Gerardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cistus ladanifer; Dry matter production; Native pasture; Nutrient uptake; Quercus ilex; Retama sphaerocarpa; Silvopastoral systems

Indexed keywords

DICOTYLEDON; DRY MATTER; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GROWTH RATE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PASTORALISM; PASTURE; SHRUB; SILVICULTURE; SOIL NUTRIENT;

CISTUS; CISTUS LADANIFER; ILEX; QUERCUS ILEX; RETAMA; RETAMA SPHAEROCARPA;

EID: 79958261762     PISSN: 13851314     EISSN: 15730867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10705-011-9436-2     Document Type: Article

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