Traditional shifting cultivation and the tropical forest system

M J Eden

doi:10.1016/0169-5347(87)90111-X

Traditional shifting cultivation and the tropical forest system

Trends Ecol Evol. 1987 Nov;2(11):340-3. doi: 10.1016/0169-5347(87)90111-X.

Author

M J Eden¹

Affiliation

¹ Dept of Geography, Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, University of London, Egham, Surrey, UK.

PMID: 21227878
DOI: 10.1016/0169-5347(87)90111-X

Abstract

The idea of shifting cultivation as a compositionally diverse, and thereby adaptive, agrosystem has been overemphasized. Other aspects of the system, particularly its successional characteristics, are beginning to receive due attention.