Shifting cultivation and secondary succession in the Tropics /
Albert O. Aweto.
- Wallingford, UK ; Boston, MA : CABI, 2013.
- xi, 196 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm.
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.