Effects of swidden cultivation, state policies, and customary institutions on land cover in a Hani village, Yunnan, China

Mountain Research and Development

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 123-132

  Xu, Jianchu ^a   Fox, Jefferson ^b   Lu, Xing ^c   Podger, Nancy ^b   Leisz, Stephen ^b   Ai, Xihui ^a  

^a KUNMING INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b EAST WEST CENTER   (United States)

^c Yunnan Institute of Geography   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTIVATION; FOREST CLEARANCE; FOREST COVER; LAND COVER;

CHINA; MENGSONG; YUNNAN PROVINCE;

EID: 0032784047     PISSN: 02764741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3674253     Document Type: Article

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