Productivity and carbon storage in silvopastoral systems with Pinus ponderosa and Trifolium spp., plantations and pasture on an Andisol in Patagonia, Chile

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 113-128

  Dube, Francis ^a   Espinosa, Miguel ^a   Stolpe, Neal B ^a   Zagal, Erick ^a   Thevathasan, Naresh V ^b   Gordon, Andrew M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

C stocks; Growth; N storage; Ponderosa pine; Silvopasture; Volcanic soils

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; AIR TEMPERATURE; ANDISOL; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CONIFEROUS TREE; DIAMETER; LEGUME; MICROCLIMATE; PASTURE; PLANTATION; SOIL CARBON; SOIL MOISTURE; VOLCANIC SOIL;

PATAGONIA;

PINUS PONDEROSA; TRIFOLIUM;

EID: 84867226145     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: 15729680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10457-011-9471-7     Document Type: Article

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