Publication: Rebuilding soil hydrological functioning after swidden agriculture in eastern Madagascar
Rebuilding soil hydrological functioning after swidden agriculture in eastern Madagascar
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Zwartendijk, B. W., van Meerveld, H. J., Ghimire, C. P., Bruijnzeel, L. A., Ravelona, M., & Jones, J. P. G. (2017). Rebuilding soil hydrological functioning after swidden agriculture in eastern Madagascar. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 239, 101–111. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2017.01.002
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Land-use change due to the widespread practice of swidden agriculture affects the supply of ecosystem services. However, there is comparatively little understanding of how the hydrological functioning of soils, which affects rainfall infiltration and therefore flood risk, dry-season flows and surface erosion, is affected by repeated vegetation clearing and burning, the extent to which this can recover following land abandonment and vegetation regrowth, and whether active restoration speeds up recovery. We used interviews with local la
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- Zwartendijk, Bob W
- Ghimire, Chandra Prasad
- Bruijnzeel, L A
- Ravelona, M
- Jones, J P G
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Zwartendijk, B. W., van Meerveld, H. J., Ghimire, C. P., Bruijnzeel, L. A., Ravelona, M., & Jones, J. P. G. (2017). Rebuilding soil hydrological functioning after swidden agriculture in eastern Madagascar. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 239, 101–111. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2017.01.002
