Local knowledge of impacts of tree cover on ecosystem services in smallholder coffee production systems

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 110, Issue , 2012, Pages 119-130

  Cerdan C R ^a,b   Rebolledo, M C ^c   Soto, G ^a   Rapidel, B ^a,c   Sinclair, F L ^b,d  

^a CATIE   (Costa Rica)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c CIRAD   (France)

^d WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

Author keywords

AKT software; Central America; Costa Rica; Farmers' knowledge; Shade grown coffee; Tree functional traits

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH; AGROFORESTRY; CLASSIFICATION; COFFEE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FARMERS KNOWLEDGE; FOREST COVER; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; PLANTATION; POLICY MAKING; SERVICE PROVISION; SHADING; SMALLHOLDER; SOFTWARE; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA;

EID: 84860322019     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2012.03.014     Document Type: Article

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