Agroforestry diffusion and secondary forest regeneration in the Brazilian Amazon: Further findings from the Rondônia Agroforestry Pilot Project (1992-2002)

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 99-111

  Browder, John O ^a   Wynne, Randolph H ^a   Pedlowski, Marcos A ^b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazonia; Remote sensing; Secondary forest enrichment; Tropical agroforestry adoption

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; REGENERATION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SECONDARY FOREST; SMALL SCALE INDUSTRY;

BRAZIL; RONDONIA; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

MELIA AZEDARACH; RONDONIA;

EID: 18844429076     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10457-004-6375-9     Document Type: Article

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