Tree fallows: A comparison between five tropical tree species

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 50-56

  Jonsson, K ^a   Stahl L ^a   Hogberg P ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

13C; 15N; Agroforestry; Nitrogen fixation; Phenolics; Tree fallows

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; FALLOW; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHENOL; TREE FALLOW; TROPICAL TREE; TROPICS;

TANZANIA, MOROGORO;

CASSIA SIAMEA; EUCALYPTUS CAMALDULENSIS; EUCALYPTUS TERETICORNIS; LEUCAENA LEUCOCEPHALA; PROSOPIS CHILENSIS;

EID: 85047679568     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00335818     Document Type: Article

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