Anthropogenic grasslands in Southeast Asia: Sociology of knowledge and implications for agroforestry

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 61-62, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 423-435

  Dove, M R ^a  

^a Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

Author keywords

Development failure; Grassland myths; Grassland research; Imperata cylindrica; Scientific paradigms; Western environmental thought

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGROFORESTRY; FOREST COVER; GRASSLAND; LAND COVER;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

IMPERATA; IMPERATA CYLINDRICA;

EID: 3342914885     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:AGFO.0000029013.29092.36     Document Type: Conference Paper

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