Aweto, Albert O.

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.

9781780640433


Shifting cultivation--Tropics.
Plant succession--Tropics.
Agriculture--Tropics.

631.5818 AWE