Shifting cultivation, fire, and pine forest in the Cordillera Central, Luzon, Philippines

Reference Type	Journal Article
Year of Publication	1966
Contributors	Author: Norman Edward Kowal
Journal	Ecological Monographs
Volume	36
Issue	4
Pagination	389-419
Date Published	10/1966
Language	English
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Collection Topic	Agroforestry Ecology Soil
Keywords	Philippines swiddens agroforestry
Abstract	This paper looks at the importance of montane forest on soil erosion where the Kaingin peoples of the Philippines practice swidden agriculture. Also details floral succession from primary montane to secondary pine forests. Includes the effects of modernization of Kaingin agriculture on soil erosion.
Notes	See also: https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.2307/1942374
URL	http://www.jstor.org/stable/1942374
DOI	10.2307/1942374
Research Notes	ArticleType: research-article Full publication date: Autumn, 1966 Copyright © 1966 Ecological Society of America CIKARD biblio texts note: "(incomplete: 396-401 available)"
Journal Abbreviation	Ecological Monographs
ISSN	0012-9615; 1557-7015