Symbolism, knowledge and management of soil and land resources in indigenous communities: Ethnopedology at global, regional and local scales

Catena

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 118-137

  Barrera Bassols, Narciso ^a   Alfred Zinck, J ^b   Van Ranst, Eric ^c  

^a Instituto de Geografía   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Ethnoecology; Ethnopedology; Global, regional and local scales; Indigenous peoples; K C P model; Mesoamerica; Mexico; San Francisco Pich taro

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE; PEDOLOGY; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SYMBOLISM;

LATIN AMERICA;

EID: 33644613527     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2005.11.001     Document Type: Conference Paper

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