Hybrid improved tree fallows: Harnessing invasive woody legumes for agroforestry

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 417-428

  Tassin, Jacques ^a   Rangan, Haripriya ^b   Kull, Christian A ^b  

^a CIRAD   (France)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acacia; Agroforestry technology; Alien invasive species; Biodiversity; Improved tree fallow; Sustainable agriculture

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY; AGROFORESTRY; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CULTIVATION; DECADAL VARIATION; ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FALLOW; FUELWOOD; HYBRID; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LEGUME; NITROGEN FIXATION; SEEDLING; SHRUB; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SPECIALIST; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

BATEKE PLATEAUX; CONGO; INDIA; MADAGASCAR; MASCARENE ISLANDS; PALNI HILLS; REUNION; TAMIL NADU;

ACACIA;

EID: 84857907847     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: 15729680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10457-012-9493-9     Document Type: Article

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