Agroforestry systems and biodiversity conservation in arid zones: The case of the Tehuacán Valley, Central México

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 315-331

  Moreno Calles, A ^a   Casas, A ^a   Blancas, J ^a   Torres, I ^a   Masera, O ^a   Caballero, J ^b   Garcia Barrios, L ^c   Perez Negron E ^a   Rangel Landa, S ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ECOSISTEMAS Y SUSTENTABILIDAD   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE CONSERVACIÓN DE LA BIODIVERSIDAD   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Mesoamerican agriculture; Traditional agriculture; Traditional ecological knowledge

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; ARBOREAL SPECIES; ARID REGION; BIODIVERSITY; CACTUS; DATA ACQUISITION; DOMINANCE; ENDEMIC SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GENETIC VARIATION; NATIVE SPECIES; PERENNIAL PLANT; RARE SPECIES; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; TRADITIONAL AGRICULTURE; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; PUEBLA [MEXICO]; TEHUACAN VALLEY;

CACTACEAE; ESCONTRIA CHIOTILLA; MYRTILLOCACTUS SCHENCKII; POLASKIA CHICHIPE;

EID: 77957790492     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: 15729680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10457-010-9349-0     Document Type: Article

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