The land classification system of the San Nicolás Zoyatlán (S Mexico) nahuatl indigenous community: A basis for a suitable parametric soil use proposal

Human Ecology Review

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 44-59

  Cervantes Gutiérrez, Virginia ^a   Gama Castro, Jorge E ^a   Hernández Cárdenas, Gilberto ^b   Meave Del Castillo, Jorge A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE QUÍMICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Geographical information systems; Indigenous classification; Land use suitability; Parametric method; Topsoil

Indexed keywords

EID: 21344471661     PISSN: 10744827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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