Crop diversity and fallow management in a tropical deciduous forest shifting cultivation system

Human Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 427-453

  Lambert, Dean P ^a  

^a Third Coast Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Fallow management; Mexico; Monoculture; Shifting cultivation; Tropical deciduous forest

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL SYSTEM; CROP DIVERSITY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FALLOW MANAGEMENT; FOREST ZONE; SHIFTING CULTIVATION; TROPICAL FOREST; TROPICS;

MEXICO, GUERRERO STATE;

EID: 0030430084     PISSN: 03007839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02168861     Document Type: Article

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