Effects of tillage regime, cropping duration and fallow age on diversity and structure of secondary vegetation in Madagascar

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 155, Issue , 2012, Pages 182-193

  Randriamalala, Josoa R ^a   Hervé, Dominique ^b   Randriamboavonjy, Jean Chrysostôme ^a   Carrière, Stéphanie M ^b  

^a Ecole Supérieure des Sciences   (Madagascar)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Agricultural practices; Secondary successions; Slash and burn; Soil preparation; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; ANEMOCHORY; BASAL AREA; FALLOW; FLORISTICS; HERB; SECONDARY SUCCESSION; SHIFTING CULTIVATION; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SPECIES RICHNESS; TROPICAL FOREST; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; ZERO TILLAGE;

MADAGASCAR;

EID: 84860663164     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2012.03.020     Document Type: Article

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