Agricultural systems in the tropical forest: A critique framed by tree crops of Papua New Guinea

Quaternary International

Volumn 249, Issue , 2012, Pages 140-150

  Kennedy, Jean ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; AGROFORESTRY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; FARMING SYSTEM; FOOD PRODUCTION; TREE; TROPICAL FOREST;

PAPUA NEW GUINEA;

EID: 84855921713     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2011.06.020     Document Type: Article

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