An indigenous soil classification system for Bellona Island - a raised atoll in Solomon Islands

Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 85-99

  Breuning Madsen, Henrik ^a   Bruun, Thilde Bech ^a   Elberling, Bo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bellona Island; Ethnopedology; Galathea 3 expedition; Land use; Pacific; Soil type

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; ATOLL; FARMERS KNOWLEDGE; FARMING SYSTEM; INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE; LAND USE; PEDOLOGY; SOIL CLASSIFICATION; SOIL SURVEY; SOIL TYPE;

SOLOMON ISLANDS [(ISG) MELANESIA];

CITRULLUS LANATUS VAR. LANATUS; DIOSCOREA ALATA; GALATHEA; IPOMOEA BATATAS; MANIHOT ESCULENTA;

EID: 77955260374     PISSN: 01297619     EISSN: 14679493     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9493.2010.00390.x     Document Type: Article

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