Paisang (Quercus griffithii): A Keystone Tree Species in Sustainable Agroecosystem Management and Livelihoods in Arunachal Pradesh, India

Environmental Management

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 187-204

  Singh, Ranjay K ^a,d   Singh, Anshuman ^d   Garnett, Stephen T ^b   Zander, Kerstin K ^b   Lobsang, ^c   Tsering, Darge ^c  

^a CENTRAL AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Gaon Burha   (India)

^d CENTRAL SOIL SALINITY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Agrobiodiversity; Indigenous communities; Paisang dry leaves; Rainfed agroecosystems; Traditional ecological knowledge

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS; AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; ARCHES; CROPS; FORESTRY; PLANTS (BOTANY);

AGRO-ECOSYSTEMS; AGROBIODIVERSITY; DRY LEAVES; INDIGENOUS COMMUNITY; TRADITIONAL ECOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; AGROECOSYSTEM; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; COMPOST; CROPPING SYSTEM; CULTURAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; ETHICS; FARMING SYSTEM; FEMALE; GARDENING; HARVEST; HERD; HUMAN; INDIA; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; LANDRACE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULCH; OAK; PARTICIPATORY MANAGEMENT; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; PLANT LEAF; QUERCUS GRIFFITHII; SOCIETY; SOIL TEMPERATURE; WILD PLANT; WINTER; YAK; AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; BOVINE; BREEDING; ECOSYSTEM; FOREST; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; RURAL POPULATION; SEASON; TREE;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; BREEDING; CATTLE; ECOSYSTEM; FORESTS; HUMANS; INDIA; QUERCUS; RURAL POPULATION; SEASONS; TREES;

EID: 84925539473     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-014-0383-y     Document Type: Article

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