Traditional agroforestry in the eastern Himalayan region: Land management system supporting ecosystem services

Tropical Ecology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 189-200

  Sharma, Rita ^a   Xu, Jianchu ^b   Sharma, G ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR INTEGRATED MOUNTAIN DEVELOPMENT   (Nepal)

^b WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

^c UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alnus nepalensis; Amomum subulatum (large cardamom); Carbon stocks; Human well being; Nutrient cycling; Productivity

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; LAND MANAGEMENT; MONOCOTYLEDON; MOUNTAIN REGION; NUTRIENT CYCLING; SOIL EROSION; SOIL FERTILITY; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ASIA; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS;

ALNUS; ALNUS NEPALENSIS; AMOMUM; AMOMUM SUBULATUM; ELETTARIA CARDAMOMUM;

EID: 53849142577     PISSN: 05643295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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