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Swidden Fallow Systems

Swidden Fallow Systems is an agricultural subsistence system characterized by the cyclical clearing of forested land through slashing and burning, cultivation of crops for a short period, and subsequent abandonment of the plot to allow natural regeneration of vegetation and soil fertility during an extended fallow phase.

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1.8K

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129

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58

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2017–2026

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Publications

39

Consequences of Swidden Transitions for Crop and Fallow Biodiversity in Southeast Asia

Kanok Rerkasem, Deborah Lawrence, Christine Padoch et al. · Human Ecology · 2009 · 190 citations

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Swidden-Fallow Agroforestry in the Peruvian Amazon

Martha A. Works, William M. Denevan, Christine Padoch · Geographical Review · 1989 · 188 citations

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Indigenous agroforestry in the Peruvian Amazon: Bora Indian management of swidden fallows

William M. Denevan, John M. Treacy, Janis B. Alcorn et al. · Interciencia · 1984 · 130 citations

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Soil microbiological parameters as indicators of soil quality under improved fallow management systems in south-western Nigeria

Barbara Wick, Ronald F. Kühne, Paul L. G. Vlek · Plant and Soil · 1998 · 127 citations

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Adoption of improved fallows in West Africa: lessons from mucuna and stylo case studies

G. Tarawali, Victor M. Manyong, R. J. Carsky et al. · Agroforestry Systems · 1999 · 105 citations

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Authors

129

  1. CP
    Christine Padoch

    New York Botanical Garden, United States

    4 publications · 532 citations

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  2. WD
    Wil de Jong

    Kyoto University, Japan

    2 publications · 57 citations

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  3. JP
    Jean-Laurent Pfund

    Center for International Forestry Research, Indonesia

    2 publications · 199 citations

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  4. MT
    Mulualem Tigabu

    Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden

    2 publications · 70 citations

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  5. SO
    Sovu

    Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden

    2 publications · 70 citations

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Institutions

58

  1. Center for International Forestry Research

    Bogor, Indonesia

    4 h-index

    12 publications

    1.1K citations

  2. Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

    Uppsala, Sweden

    3 h-index

    9 publications

    347 citations

  3. Kyoto University

    Kyoto, Japan

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    178 citations

  4. Miami University

    Oxford, United States

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    194 citations

  5. University of Bonn

    Bonn, Germany

    2 h-index

    6 publications

    313 citations

  6. New York Botanical Garden

    New York, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    214 citations

  7. University of Copenhagen

    Copenhagen, Denmark

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    295 citations

  8. Trinity University

    San Antonio, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    50 citations

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Venues

  1. Agroforestry Systems

    6 publications · 175 citations

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  2. Forest Ecology and Management

    4 publications · 144 citations

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  4. Biotropica

    2 publications · 97 citations

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  5. Human Ecology

    2 publications · 234 citations

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