Local soil knowledge and site suitability evaluation in the Dominican Republic

Geoderma

Volumn 111, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 289-305

  Ryder, Roy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dominican Republic; Environmental perception; Ethnopedology; Land evaluation; Local soil knowledge; Participatory soil survey

Indexed keywords

LAND EVALUATION; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; PERCEPTION; SOIL SURVEY; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC;

ALLIUM SATIVUM; CAJANUS CAJAN; COLUMBA; PHASEOLUS (ANGIOSPERM); PISUM SATIVUM;

EID: 0037303909     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7061(02)00269-0     Document Type: Article

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