Ecological Succession on Fallowed Shifting Cultivation Fields: A Review of the Literature

by Wing Man Li and Claudio O. Delang

The book reviews the literature on the ecological succession of plants on fallowed swiddens in tropical forests. Patterns of ecological succession in tropical forests are insufficiently understood, partly because results are scattered through a large number of case studies reported in academic articles. So far, no publication has attempted to bring these different case studies together to identify common patters and trends. The goal of the book is...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9400758200
• ISBN13: 9789400758209
• Release Date: December 2012
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 127 Pages
• Weight: 0.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.1" x 9.2"