The nature of Shifting Cultivation

Natural evaporation from open water, bare soil and grass

H. L. Penman · Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences · 1948 · 7.3K citations

Agricultural Origins and Dispersals

Robert C. West, Carl O. Sauer · Economic Geography · 1953 · 590 citations

Biogeography, Evolutionary Biology, Agricultural Economics +4

The Tropical Rain Forest, An Ecological Study.

John A. Small, P. W. Richards · Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club · 1953 · 499 citations

Biodiversity, Forest Health, Tropical Rain Forest +4

Estimating evaporation

H. L. Penman · Transactions American Geophysical Union · 1956 · 232 citations

Evaporation Rate, Earth Science, Potential Transpiration Rate +9

Man's Role in Changing the Face of the Earth

Stephen S. Visher · Soil Science Society of America Journal · 1957 · 112 citations

Historical Geography, Human Condition, Planetary Boundary +2