TY - JOUR T1 - Tropical forest architectural analysis as applied to agroforests in the humid tropics: The example of traditional village-agroforests in West Java JF - Agroforestry Systems Y1 - 1983 A1 - G. Michon A1 - J. Bompard A1 - P. Hecketsweiler A1 - C. Ducatillion KW - architectural analysis KW - Java KW - traditional agroforestry KW - tropical forests AB -

The features of the tropical forest are found in Sundanese village-gardens. They are rich in plant species, a layered structure of the vegetation, existing patchwork and succession of sylvigenetic phases (from pioneer to homeostatic phase). These traditional agroforests reflect the surrounding forest ecosystem, simplifying the features.

The architectural method of tropical forest analysis is applied to Sundanese agroforests, but here each plant is both a structural element of the ecosystem and a producing element of the agricultural landscape. Such structural analysis could represent one aspect of an integral analysis of complex agroforestry systems.

VL - 1 UR - https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00596353 IS - 2 N1 - Online version is a shortened and revised version of Bompard J, Ducatillion C, Hecketsweiler P Michon G, (1980) A traditional agricultural system: Village-forest-gardens in West Java. University Sc. Montpellier, France. Rapp. DEA. 101 p. + annex. U1 - Agroforest Syst JO - Tropical forest architectural analysis as applied to agroforests in the humid tropics ER -