Landscape dynamics and equilibrium in areas of slash-and-burn agriculture with short and long fallow period (Bragantina region, NE Brazilian Amazon)

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 419-431

  Metzger, Jean Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazilian amazon; Fallow period; Landscape dynamics; Landscape equilibrium; Secondary forests; Slash and burn agriculture; Sustainability; Tropical deforestation

Indexed keywords

FALLOW; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; SECONDARY FOREST; SHIFTING CULTIVATION; SUSTAINABILITY; TROPICAL FOREST;

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EID: 0036909995     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021250306481     Document Type: Article

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