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Amazonian rain forests : ecosystem disturbance and recovery : case studies of ecosystem dynamics under a spectrum of land use-intensities
- Title
- Amazonian rain forests : ecosystem disturbance and recovery : case studies of ecosystem dynamics under a spectrum of land use-intensities / edited by Carl F. Jordan ; contributors, Robert J. Buschbacher [and others].
- Publication
- New York : Springer-Verlag, ©1987.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | SD418.3.A53 A53 1986 | Off-site |
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- Description
- x, 133 pages : illustrations, maps; 25 cm.
- Series Statement
- Ecological studies ; v. 60
- Uniform Title
- Ecological studies ; v. 60.
- Subject
- Deforestation > Amazon River Region > Case studies
- Rain forest ecology > Amazon River Region > Case studies
- Shifting cultivation > Amazon River Region > Case studies
- Forests and forestry > Amazon River Region > Case studies
- Agricultural ecology > Amazon River Region > Case studies
- Agricultural ecology
- Deforestation
- Forests and forestry
- Rain forest ecology
- Shifting cultivation
- Agrarökologie
- Entwaldung
- Entwicklung
- Forstwirtschaft
- Landwirtschaft
- Regenwald
- Tropischer Regenwald
- Ökologie
- Ökosystem
- Aufsatzsammlung
- Amazon River Region
- Amazonas-Gebiet
- Amazonastiefland
- Genre/Form
- Case studies
- Case studies.
- Études de cas.
- Note
- Includes index.
- Bibliography (note)
- Bibliography: p. [122]-130.
- Contents
- Introduction : development and disturbance in Amazon forests -- Shifting cultivation : slash and burn agriculture near San Carlos de Rio Negro, Venezuela / Carl F. Jordan -- Recovery following shifting cultivation : a century of succession in the Upper Rio Negro / Juan G. Saldarriaga -- Shifting cultivation where land is limited : Campa Indian agriculture in the Gran Pajonal of Peru / Geoffrey A.J. Scott -- Deforestation for sovereignty over remote frontiers : government-sponsored pastures in Venezuela near the Brazilian border / Robert J. Buschbacher -- Permanent plots for agriculture and forestry -- Plantation forestry : the Jari project, Pará, Brazil / Charles E. Russell -- Large-scale development in eastern Amazonia : pasture management and environmental effects near Paragominas, Pará / Robert J. Buschbacher, Christopher Uhl, and E.A.S. Serrão -- Conclusion : comparison and evaluation of case studies.
- ISBN
- 0387963979
- 9780387963976
- 3540963979
- 9783540963974
- LCCN
- 86021962
- OCLC
- ocm14166840
- 14166840
- SCSB-9463304
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library