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" Shifting cultivation and secondary succession in the Tropics / "
Albert O. Aweto.
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BL
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566343
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b395562
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| Main Entry
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Aweto, Albert O.
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| Title & Author
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Shifting cultivation and secondary succession in the Tropics /\ Albert O. Aweto.
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| Publication Statement
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Wallingford, UK ;Boston, MA :: CABI,, c2013.
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xi, 196 p. :: ill., maps ;; 26 cm.
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9781780640433 (hardback)
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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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.
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Shifting cultivation-- Tropics.
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Plant succession-- Tropics.
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Agriculture-- Tropics.
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| Dewey Classification
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631.5/818
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S602.87.A94 2013
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