Identifying important biophysical and social determinants of on-farm tree growing in subsistence-based traditional agroforestry systems

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 175-187

  Sood, Kamal Kishor ^a   Mitchell, C Paul ^b  

^a Sher e Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology Jammu   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biophysical; Composite model; Growers; Himalaya; India; Logistic regression; Non growers; Social; Traditional

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; CULTIVATION; GROWTH; REGRESSION; SOIL FERTILITY;

ASIA; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS;

EID: 58149472935     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: 15729680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10457-008-9180-z     Document Type: Article

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