Emergy evaluation of Lacandon Maya indigenous swidden agroforestry in Chiapas, Mexico

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 23-42

  Diemont, Stewart A W ^a   Martin, Jay F ^a   Levy Tacher, Samuel I ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EL COLEGIO DE LA FRONTERA SUR   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Agroecosystem; Energy flow; Milpa; Resource use; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; FARMING SYSTEM; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; SUSTAINABILITY;

CHIAPAS; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 27144508800     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: 15729680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10457-005-6073-2     Document Type: Article

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