Neighbor trees: Shade, intercropping, and cacao in Ecuador

Human Ecology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 241-270

  Bentley, Jeffery W ^a   Boa, Eric ^b   Stonehouse, John ^c  

^a CABI Bioscience ^*  (Bolivia)

^b CABI   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Cacao; Ecuador; Intercropping; Migratory bird habitat; Shade

Indexed keywords

COCOA; INTERCROPPING; PEST CONTROL; SHADING; SOIL MANAGEMENT;

ECUADOR; SOUTH AMERICA;

AVES; THEOBROMA CACAO;

EID: 1942530786     PISSN: 03007839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:HUEC.0000019759.46526.4d     Document Type: Article

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