The impacts of shifting cultivation on secondary forests dynamics in tropics: A synthesis of the key findings and spatio temporal distribution of research

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 55, Issue , 2016, Pages 167-177

  Mukul, Sharif A ^a   Herbohn, John ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Conservation; Deforestation; Environmental consequence; Secondary forest

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; ARTICLE; BIRD; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; DEFORESTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FALLOW; FOREST; FOREST DYNAMICS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FOREST STRUCTURE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHY; HYDROLOGY; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; META ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PLANT ECOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECONDARY FOREST; SHIFTING CULTIVATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES COMPOSITION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TROPICAL RAIN FOREST; TROPICS;

EID: 84945922500     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: 18736416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2015.10.005     Document Type: Article

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