Cooperative management and its effects on shade tree diversity, soil properties and ecosystem services of coffee plantations in western El Salvador

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 111-126

  Méndez, V Ernesto ^a   Shapiro, Elizabeth N ^b   Gilbert, Gregory S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agroecology; Agroforestry; Coffea arabica; Farmer organizations; Tree diversity

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVE; AGROECOLOGY; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; COFFEE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH; PLANTATION; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL PROPERTY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

BAHIA; BRAZIL; SALVADOR; SOUTH AMERICA;

COFFEA ARABICA;

EID: 67349191254     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: 15729680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10457-009-9220-3     Document Type: Article

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