Homegardens on Amazonian Dark Earths, Non-anthropogenic Upland, and Floodplain Soils along the Brazilian Middle Madeira River Exhibit Diverging Agrobiodiversity

Economic Botany

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-12

  Fraser, James A ^a   Junqueira, A B ^b   Clement, Charles R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

agroforestry; anthropogenic soils; domesticated species; Terra Preta de ndio

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952574259     PISSN: 00130001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12231-010-9143-y     Document Type: Article

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