Does remoteness from urban centres influence plant diversity in homegardens and swidden fields? A case study from the Matsiguenka in the Amazonian Rain Forest of Peru

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 241-251

  Wezel, A ^a   Ohl, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

Floodplains; Indigenous people; Manu National Park; Shifting cultivation; Slash and burn

Indexed keywords

FARMING SYSTEM; HOME GARDEN; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; SHIFTING CULTIVATION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

MANU NATIONAL PARK; PERU; SOUTH AMERICA;

BACTRIS GASIPAES; CYPERUS; GOSSYPIUM BARBADENSE; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; INGA EDULIS; MANIHOT ESCULENTA; PRUNUS PERSICA; PSIDIUM GUAJAVA;

EID: 27744495798     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: 15729680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10457-005-3649-9     Document Type: Article

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