The impacts of shifting cultivation on tropical forest soil: A review;Impactos da agricultura itinerante sobre o solo em florestas tropicais: Uma revisão

Boletim do Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi:Ciencias Humanas

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 693-727

  Filho, Alexandre Antunes Ribeiro ^a   Adams, Cristina ^a   Murrieta, Rui Sergio Sereni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ecological impact; Shifting agriculture; Shifting cultivation system; Soil; Sustainability; Swidden

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894493314     PISSN: 19818122     EISSN: 21782547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1981-81222013000300013     Document Type: Article

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