Functional Links Between Biodiversity, Livelihoods, and Culture in a Hani Swidden Landscape in Southwest China

The landscape of Mengsong, southwest China, was biologically diverse until recently due to historical biogeographical processes overlain by the swidden-cultivation practices of the Hani who migrated there several centuries ago. Our research sought to understand how the Hani adjusted their livelihoo...

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Main Authors: Jianchu Xu, Louis Lebel, Janet Sturgeon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Resilience Alliance 2009-12-01
Series:Ecology and Society
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Online Access:http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol14/iss2/art20/