Vegetation structure and productivity in cocoa-based agroforestry systems in Talamanca, Costa Rica

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 149, Issue , 2012, Pages 181-188

  Deheuvels, Olivier ^a,b   Avelino, Jacques ^a,b,c   Somarriba, Eduardo ^b   Malezieux, Eric ^d  

^a CIRAD   (France)

^b CATIE   (Costa Rica)

^c Inter American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture Costa Rica   (Costa Rica)

^d Campus international de Baillarguet   (France)

Author keywords

Associated plants; Intercrop; Musacea; Production; Theobroma cacao; Yield

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEFORESTATION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; HABITAT TYPE; HUMID TROPICS; INTERCROPPING; LEGUME; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MATRIX; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

COSTA RICA; LIMON; TALAMANCA;

MUSA; THEOBROMA CACAO;

EID: 84856719497     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2011.03.003     Document Type: Article

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