Shorter Fallow Cycles Affect the Availability of Noncrop Plant Resources in a Shifting Cultivation System
Shifting cultivation systems, one of the most widely distributed forms of agriculture in the tropics, provide not only crops of cultural significance, but also medicinal, edible, ritual, fuel, and forage resources, which contribute to the livelihoods, health, and cultural identity of local people. I...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Resilience Alliance
2006-12-01
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| Series: | Ecology and Society |
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| Online Access: | http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol11/iss2/art2/ |