Spatio-temporal dynamics of gross rainfall partitioning and nutrient fluxes in shaded-cocoa (Theobroma cocoa) systems in a tropical semi-deciduous forest

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 397-413

  Dawoe, Evans K ^a   Barnes, Victor R ^a   Oppong, Samuel K ^a  

^a KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Canopy interception loss; Element concentrations; Incident rainfall; Nutrient inputs; Stemflow; Throughfall

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; COCOA; DECIDUOUS FOREST; FARMING SYSTEM; FOREST CANOPY; FOREST FLOOR; GROWTH; INTERCEPTION; LAND USE CHANGE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT BUDGET; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; SOIL FERTILITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STAND STRUCTURE; STEMFLOW; THROUGHFALL;

ASHANTI; GHANA;

THEOBROMA; THEOBROMA CACAO;

EID: 85026501721     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: 15729680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10457-017-0108-3     Document Type: Article

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