Traditional agroforestry systems of multi-crop "milpa" and "chichipera" cactus forest in the arid Tehuacán Valley, Mexico: Their management and role in people's subsistence

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 207-226

  Moreno Calles, Ana Isabel ^a   Casas, Alejandro ^a   García Frapolli, Eduardo ^a   Torres García, Ignacio ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ECOSISTEMAS Y SUSTENTABILIDAD   (Mexico)

Author keywords

AFS changes; Agroforestry practices; Cultural; Economic and ecological benefits; Mesoamerica; Plant management

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; AGROFORESTRY; ARID REGION; CACTUS; CULTIVATION; CULTURAL TRADITION; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ETHNOBOTANY; FODDER; LEGUME; MAIZE; MONOCULTURE; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; STRAW; SUBSISTENCE; VEGETABLE; VEGETATION COVER;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; PUEBLA [MEXICO]; TEHUACAN VALLEY;

ANIMALIA; CACTACEAE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84857049094     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: 15729680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10457-011-9460-x     Document Type: Article

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