Irrigated taro (Colocasia esculenta) farming in North Kohala, Hawai'i: Sedimentology and soil nutrient analyses

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1528-1538

  McCoy, Mark D ^a   Browne Ribeiro, Anna T ^b   Graves, Michael W ^c   Chadwick, Oliver A ^d   Vitousek, Peter M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Hawaii; Irrigation; Soil fertility; Taro (Colocasia esculenta)

Indexed keywords

HARVESTING; IRRIGATION; PARTICLE SIZE; RAINFED AGRICULTURE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL NUTRIENT; TRADITIONAL AGRICULTURE; TUBER;

HAWAII [(ISL) HAWAIIAN ISLANDS]; HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; KOHALA; UNITED STATES;

COLOCASIA ESCULENTA; IPOMOEA BATATAS;

EID: 84871754778     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2012.08.028     Document Type: Article

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