Competitive interactions in Ginkgo and crop species mixed agroforestry systems in Jiangsu, China

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 401-415

  Cao, Fu liang ^a   Kimmins, J P ^b   Wang, J R ^c  

^a NANJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Broad bean; Intercropping; Land equivalent ration (LER); Rapeseed; Relative competition intensity; Relative crowding coefficient (RCC); Vector competition analysis; Wheat

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; ANTAGONISM; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; BIOMASS; COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; INTERCROPPING; LEGUME; MONOCULTURE; WHEAT;

CHINA; JIANGSU;

BRASSICA NAPUS; GINKGO BILOBA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; VICIA FABA;

EID: 84862785496     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: 15729680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10457-012-9485-9     Document Type: Article

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