Agroforestry and biodiversity

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2019, Pages

  Udawatta, Ranjith P ^a   Rankoth, Lalith M ^a   Jose, Shibu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Faunal diversity; Floral diversity; Soil health

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGROFORESTRY; ALLEY CROPPING; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FAUNA; FLORA; MICROCLIMATE; PASTURE; SOIL NUTRIENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

FUNGI;

EID: 85067010979     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20711050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su11102879     Document Type: Article

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