In order to evaluate nutrient exports from alley cropping
systems (managed as short rotation coppice), nutrient export
data from a field experiment were measured and compared to
data from literature for other short rotation coppices,
agriculture and forestry. Experimental data have been
collected at an alley cropping system (hedgerows 6m wide,
alleys 18m wide) in the Lusatian lignite mining district (NE
Germany). Details of the field experiment are given by
Gru¨ newald et al. (2007). Data on nutrient exports focus on