The effects of agroforestry practices on fiber attributes in Populus nigra var. betulifolia

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 435-441

  Sisi, D Efhami ^a   Karimi, A N ^b   Pourtahmasi, K ^c   Taghiyari, H R ^a  

^a SHAHID RAJAEE TEACHER TRAINING UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Agroforestry; Fiber length; Initial spacing; N fixing plant; Populus nigra; Ring width

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; FIBER LENGTH; INITIAL SPACING; N-FIXING PLANT; POPULUS; RING WIDTH;

FIBERS; NITROGEN FIXATION; VALUE ENGINEERING;

FORESTRY;

FIBER LENGTH; FORESTRY; IRAN; NITROGEN; PLANTS; POPULUS NIGRA; SPACING; WIDTH;

MEDICAGO SATIVA; POPULUS NIGRA;

EID: 84860421465     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-011-0604-4     Document Type: Article

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