A concept for the development of fire-free fallow management in the Eastern Amazon, Brazil

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 110, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 43-58

  Denich, Manfred ^a   Vlek, Paul L G ^a   De Abreu Sá, Tatiana D ^b   Vielhauer, Konrad ^a   Lücke, Wolfgang ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b EMBRAPA AMAZÔNIA ORIENTAL   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alternative to slash and burn; Bush chopper; Enrichment planting; Mulch; On farm research

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH; FALLOW; FARMING SYSTEM; FIRE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE;

ACACIA; ACACIA AURICULIFORMIS; MANIHOT ESCULENTA;

EID: 23044471529     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2005.05.005     Document Type: Article

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