Farmer knowledge of the relationships among soil macrofauna, soil quality and tree species in a smallholder agroforestry system of western Honduras

Geoderma

Volumn 189-190, Issue , 2012, Pages 186-198

  Pauli, N ^a,b   Barrios, E ^b,c   Conacher, A J ^a   Oberthur T ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR TROPICAL AGRICULTURE CIAT   (Colombia)

^c WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

^d WORLDFISH   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Agroforestry; Bioindicators; Central America; Ethnopedology; Hybrid knowledge; Local knowledge

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; CENTRAL AMERICA; ETHNOPEDOLOGY; HYBRID KNOWLEDGE; LOCAL KNOWLEDGE;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMARKERS; CULTIVATION; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; VEGETATION;

SOILS;

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; AGRICULTURAL SOIL; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; AGROFORESTRY; BIODIVERSITY; BIOINDICATOR; CROP YIELD; CULTIVATION; DECOMPOSITION; FARMERS KNOWLEDGE; FARMING SYSTEM; MULCH; NATIVE SPECIES; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PEDOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SMALLHOLDER; SOIL COVER; SOIL FAUNA; SOIL QUALITY; SOIL TYPE; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

HONDURAS;

COLEOPTERA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84865060875     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2012.05.027     Document Type: Article

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