Islands of fertility: Soil improvement under indigenous homegardens in the savannas of Roraima, Brazil

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 235-247

  Pinho, Rachel C ^a   Alfaia, Sonia S ^a   Miller, Robert Pritchard ^b   Uguen, Katell ^a   Magalhães, Leovone D ^b   Ayres, Marta ^a   Freitas, Viviane ^a   Trancoso, Ralph ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^b Ed   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Fallow; Lavrado; Macuxi; Soil nutrients; Wapixana

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FALLOW; HOME GARDEN; SAVANNA; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL IMPROVEMENT; SOIL NUTRIENT; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

BRAZIL; RORAIMA;

EID: 79951770935     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: 15729680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10457-010-9336-5     Document Type: Article

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