Lacandon Maya traditional ecological knowledge and rainforest restoration: Soil fertility beneath six agroforestry system trees

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 92, Issue , 2016, Pages 210-217

  Falkowski, Tomasz B ^a   Diemont, Stewart A W ^a   Chankin, Adolfo ^c   Douterlungne, David ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO POTOSINO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y TECNOLÓGICA   (Mexico)

^c NONE   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Biogeochemistry; Ecosystem management; Nutrient cycling; Soil properties; Succession; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; ECOLOGY; NUTRIENTS; RESTORATION; SOILS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ECOLOGICAL DEGRADATIONS; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; NUTRIENT CYCLING; RAINFOREST RESTORATIONS; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER CONTENTS; SOIL PROPERTY; SUCCESSION; TRADITIONAL ECOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE;

FORESTRY;

AGROFORESTRY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; DECIDUOUS TREE; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; FALLOW; NUTRIENT CYCLING; RAINFOREST; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SUCCESSION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

CHIAPAS; LACANDON; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; MONTES AZULES BIOSPHERE RESERVE;

CEDRELA ODORATA; ENTEROLOBIUM CYCLOCARPUM; HELIOCARPUS APPENDICULATUS; LONCHOCARPUS GUATEMALENSIS; POULSENIA ARMATA; SWIETENIA MACROPHYLLA;

EID: 84963548455     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2016.03.002     Document Type: Article

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