Shifting cultivation: A new old paradigm for managing tropical forests

BioScience

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 521-528

  Fox, Jefferson ^a   Truong, Dao Minh ^b   Rambo, A Terry ^a   Tuyen, Nghiem Phuong ^b   Cuc, Le Trong ^b   Leisz, Stephen ^c  

^a EAST WEST CENTER   (United States)

^b VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

^c CARE International in Vietnam   (Viet Nam)

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EID: 0034039142     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1641/0006-3568(2000)050[0521:SCANOP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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