Vegetation dynamics in a corridor between protected areas after slash-and-burn cultivation in south-eastern Madagascar

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 159, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-8

  De Wilde, Mélissa ^a,b   Buisson, Elise ^a   Ratovoson, Fidisoa ^c   Randrianaivo, Richard ^c   Carrière, Stéphanie M ^d   Lowry II, Porter P ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVIGNON   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^c MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN   (Madagascar)

^d INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^e MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

^f MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Ecological restoration project; Global change; Madagascar; Resilience; Slash and burn cultivation; Transition forest

Indexed keywords

DEFORESTATION; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; POTATO; PROTECTED AREA; RAINFOREST; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SECONDARY FOREST; SHIFTING CULTIVATION; SHRUB; SPECIES RICHNESS; TRANSITION ZONE; TROPICAL FOREST; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

MADAGASCAR;

IPOMOEA BATATAS; MANIHOT ESCULENTA; MIMOSA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84863729996     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2012.06.016     Document Type: Article

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