Human and environmental factors affect patterns of crop diversity in an Ethiopian highland agroecosystem

Professional Geographer

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 395-408

  Samberg, Leah H ^a   Shennan, Carol ^a   Zavaleta, Erika S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural biodiversity; Agroecology; Ethiopia; Farmer seed systems; Landraces; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; CROP PRODUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; TRADITIONAL AGRICULTURE; UPLAND REGION; VULNERABILITY;

ETHIOPIA;

EID: 77954077034     PISSN: 00330124     EISSN: 14679272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00330124.2010.483641     Document Type: Article

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