The Imperata grasslands of tropical Asia: Area, distribution, and typology

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 36, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 3-29

  Garrity, D P ^a   Soekardi, M ^b   Van Noordwijk, M ^c   De La Cruz, R ^d   Pathak, P S ^e   Gunasena, H P M ^f   Van, N ^g   Huijun, G ^h   Majid, N M ^h  

^a WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

^b Center Soil and Agroclimalic Research   (Indonesia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES LOS BAÑOS   (Philippines)

^d INDIAN GRASSLAND AND FODDER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^f NONG LAM UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

^g KUNMING INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^h UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Alang alang; Area estimates; Cogon; Degraded lands; Imperata cylindrica (L.); Uplands

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; GRASSLAND DISTRIBUTION; GRASSLAND REHABILITATION; IMPERATA CONTROL; IMPERATA GRASSLAND; LAND USE MAPPING; MAPPING;

ASIA;

IMPERATA; IMPERATA CYLINDRICA;

EID: 0030417996     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00142865     Document Type: Review

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