Revisiting the performance of natural fallows in central Africa

Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research, Supplement

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 14-24

  Ngobo, Martine P ^a   Weise, Stephan F ^a   McDonald, Morag A ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Cameroon)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Fallow; Ordination analyses; Productivity

Indexed keywords

NATURAL FALLOWS; VEGETATION STRUCTURES;

ECOLOGY; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; PERFORMANCE; VEGETATION;

FORESTRY;

ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; PLANTS;

EID: 4444239305     PISSN: 14004089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14004080410034029     Document Type: Conference Paper

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