Diversity, composition and density of trees and shrubs in agroforestry homegardens in Southern Ethiopia

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1283-1293

  Abebe, Tesfaye ^a   Sterck, F J ^b   Wiersum, K F ^b   Bongers, F ^b  

^a HAWASSA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Determinants of on farm tree diversity; Enset coffee homegardens; Landuse changes; On farm density of trees; Sidama Zone

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; COFFEE; FARM; HOME GARDEN; POPULATION DENSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUSTAINABILITY; TREE; WOOD;

ETHIOPIA; SIDAMA;

EID: 84888000983     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: 15729680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10457-013-9637-6     Document Type: Article

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