Agroforestry practices promote biodiversity and natural resource diversity in atlantic Nicaragua

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2016, Pages

  Sistla, Seeta A ^a   Roddy, Adam B ^c   Williams, Nicholas E ^d,e   Kramer, Daniel B ^f   Stevens, Kara ^b,f   Allison, Steven D ^b  

^a HAMPSHIRE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Yale University   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^f MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; AGROFORESTRY; BIODIVERSITY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FOREST; HUMAN; LAGOON; LAND USE; NATURAL RESOURCE; NICARAGUA; NUTRIENT; PASTURE; PRODUCTIVITY; SOIL QUALITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SURFACE SOIL; TROPICS; AGRICULTURE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; FORESTRY; GEOGRAPHY; SOIL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

SOIL;

AGRICULTURE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BIODIVERSITY; FORESTRY; GEOGRAPHY; NICARAGUA; SOIL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84990888695     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0162529     Document Type: Article

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