Forage Production and Nutritive Value in a Temperate Appalachian Silvopasture

Integrating trees into pasture may be an effective management tool to improve water, nutrient, and light allocation and increase total system productivity in Appalachia. We tested this hypothesis in a silvopasture near Blacksburg, VA. In 1995, black walnut and honey locust trees were planted within...

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Main Author: Buergler, Alicia Lenore
Other Authors: Crop and Soil Environmental Sciences
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2011
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/9923
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-05192004-122234