Shifting cultivation and secondary succession in the Tropics
By: Albert O. Aweto
Publisher: CABI
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Cambridge, MA
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781780640433
Subjects: Shifting cultivation; Plant succession; Agriculture
Table of contents: title: The Tropics; title: Shifting cultivation: definition, basic features and types; title: Soil dynamics during cultivation; title: Soil dynamics during the fallow period; title: Fallow vegetation dynamics; title: Relationships between fallow soil and vegetation; title: Ecological succession theory and models; title: Theory and models of soil fertility restoration under bush fallow; title: Intensification of shifting cultivation; title: Alternative farming systems and the future of shifting cultivation.