Spatial and temporal variation in crop diversity in agroforestry homegardens of southern Ethiopia

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 309-322

  Abebe, Tesfaye ^a   Wiersum, K F ^b   Bongers, F ^b  

^a HAWASSA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Enset coffee gardens; Functional groups; Homegarden dynamics; Keystone species; Species diversity

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; COFFEE; DOMINANCE; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; HOME GARDEN; KEYSTONE SPECIES; MAIZE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ETHIOPIA; SIDAMA;

ANANAS COMOSUS; CATHA EDULIS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 77649341929     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: 15729680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10457-009-9246-6     Document Type: Article

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