Effects of Prosopis juliflora (DC.) Tree on Under Canopy Resources, Diversity, and Productivity of Herbaceous Vegetation in Indian Desert

Arid Land Research and Management

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 151-165

  Singh, Genda ^a   Shukla, Smita ^a  

^a ARID FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

herbage biomass; PAR; soil nutrients; soil water dynamics; species composition

Indexed keywords

CANOPY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DROUGHT; HERB; LEGUME; MINERALIZATION; PASTURE; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; PHYTOMASS; POPULATION SIZE; PRODUCTIVITY; RANGELAND; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SOIL NUTRIENT; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL WATER; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WATER CONTENT;

INDIA;

PERISTROPHE; PROSOPIS JULIFLORA;

EID: 84859572573     PISSN: 15324982     EISSN: 15324990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15324982.2012.656178     Document Type: Article

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