How predictive is traditional ecological knowledge? The case of the lacandon maya fallow enrichment system

Interciencia

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2004, Pages

  Tacher, Samuel Israel Levy ^a   Golicher, John Duncan ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE CONSERVACIÓN DE LA BIODIVERSIDAD   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Epistemology; Lacandon; Ochroma pyramidale; Restoration; Soil organic matter

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL LABORATORIES; DATA REDUCTION; ECOSYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NATURAL RESOURCES; PROBABILITY; RESTORATION; SOILS; STATISTICAL METHODS; VEGETATION;

EPISTEMIOLOGY; LACANDON; OCHROMA PYRAMIDALE; SOIL ORGANIC MATTERS;

ECOLOGY;

OCHROMA; OCHROMA PYRAMIDALE;

EID: 19544365717     PISSN: 03781844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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