Above and below ground interactions in agroforestry systems
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Below-ground interactions in dryland agroforestry
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عنوان ژورنال: Forest Ecology and Management
سال: 1991
ISSN: 0378-1127
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1127(91)90205-a