Home garden production and energetic sustainability in Calakmul, Campeche, Mexico

Human Ecology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 395-407

  Alayón Gamboa, José A ^a   Gurri García, Francisco D ^a  

^a EL COLEGIO DE LA FRONTERA SUR   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Backyard agriculture; Energy flows; Smallholder strategies; Tropical agriculture; Yucatan

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; BIOMASS; ENERGY FLOW; HOME GARDEN; HOUSEHOLD ENERGY; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SUSTAINABILITY;

CALAKMUL; CAMPECHE; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 45849107664     PISSN: 03007839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10745-007-9151-4     Document Type: Article

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