The role of local knowledge in determining shade composition of multistrata coffee systems in Chiapas, Mexico

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 419-436

  Soto Pinto, Lorena ^a   Villalvazo López, Víctor ^b   Jiménez Ferrer, Guillermo ^a   Ramírez Marcial, Neptalí ^a   Montoya, Guillermo ^a   Sinclair, Fergus L ^c  

^a EL COLEGIO DE LA FRONTERA SUR   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUADALAJARA   (Mexico)

^c BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agroforestry; Floristic richness; Indigenous; Secondary succession; Shrubs; Trees; Tropical vegetation

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; BIODIVERSITY; COFFEE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FARMERS KNOWLEDGE; FLORISTICS; PLANTATION; SECONDARY SUCCESSION; SHADING; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

CHIAPAS; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 33846889092     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-005-5436-3     Document Type: Article

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