Soil macrofauna in agricultural landscapes dominated by the Quesungual Slash-and-Mulch Agroforestry System, western Honduras

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 119-132

  Pauli, N ^a,b,c   Barrios, E ^b   Conacher, A J ^a   Oberthur T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR TROPICAL AGRICULTURE CIAT   (Colombia)

^c Land Use Project   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Central America; Land use change; Quesungual Slash and Mulch Agroforestry System; Smallholder agriculture; Soil ecology; Soil macrofauna

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651416155     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2010.11.005     Document Type: Article

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