Shifting cultivation and secondary succession in the Tropics /
Aweto, Albert O.
Shifting cultivation and secondary succession in the Tropics / Albert O. Aweto. - Wallingford, UK ; Boston, MA : CABI, c2013. - xi, 196 pages : ill., maps ; 26 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The Tropics -- Shifting cultivation : definition, basic features and types -- Soil dynamics during cultivation -- Soil dynamics during the fallow period -- Fallow vegetation dynamics -- Relationships between fallow soil and vegetation -- Ecological succession theory and models -- Theory and models of soil fertility restoration under bush fallow -- Intensification of shifting cultivation -- Alternative farming systems and the future of shifting cultivation.
9781780640433 (hardback)
2012015290
Agriculture--Tropics.
Plant succession--Tropics.
Shifting cultivation--Tropics.
S602.87 / .A94 2013
631.5/818
S602.87 / .A94 2013
Shifting cultivation and secondary succession in the Tropics / Albert O. Aweto. - Wallingford, UK ; Boston, MA : CABI, c2013. - xi, 196 pages : ill., maps ; 26 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The Tropics -- Shifting cultivation : definition, basic features and types -- Soil dynamics during cultivation -- Soil dynamics during the fallow period -- Fallow vegetation dynamics -- Relationships between fallow soil and vegetation -- Ecological succession theory and models -- Theory and models of soil fertility restoration under bush fallow -- Intensification of shifting cultivation -- Alternative farming systems and the future of shifting cultivation.
9781780640433 (hardback)
2012015290
Agriculture--Tropics.
Plant succession--Tropics.
Shifting cultivation--Tropics.
S602.87 / .A94 2013
631.5/818
S602.87 / .A94 2013