Integrating cattle into the slash-and-burn cycle on smallholdings in the Eastern Amazon, using grass-capoeira or grass-legume pastures

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 266-276

  Hohnwald, S ^a   Rischkowsky, B ^a   Camarao A P ^b   Schultze Kraft, R ^c   Rodrigues Filho, J A ^b   King, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b EMBRAPA AMAZÔNIA ORIENTAL   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agro silvo pastoral system; Arachis pintoi; Bragantina region; Cattle; Chamaecrista rotundifolia; Cratylia argentea; Secondary vegetation

Indexed keywords

CATTLE; CROP ROTATION; GRASS; GRAZING PRESSURE; INSECT; INTEGRATED APPROACH; LAND USE; LEGUME; PASTURE; PEST SPECIES; SHIFTING CULTIVATION; SMALLHOLDER; SOIL FERTILITY;

AMAZON RIVER; SOUTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA; ARACHIS PINTOI; BOS TAURUS; BRACHIARIA; BRACHIARIA HUMIDICOLA; CHAMAECRISTA; CHAMAECRISTA ROTUNDIFOLIA; CRATYLIA ARGENTEA; EUCLIDIA; INSECTA; ROTUNDIFOLIA;

EID: 33750001759     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2006.04.014     Document Type: Article

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