Cacao trees under different shade tree shelter: Effects on water use

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 63-73

  Köhler, Michael ^a   Hanf, Andrea ^a   Barus, Henry ^b   Hendrayanto, ^c   Hölscher, Dirk ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b TADULAKO UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

^c BOGOR AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Agroforestry; Eco hydrology; Gliricidia; Indonesia; Sap flow; Transpiration

Indexed keywords

EID: 84895074011     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: 15729680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10457-013-9656-3     Document Type: Article

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