Abstract
Shifting cultivation in the Amazon Territory of Venezuela (case study No. 1) generally takes place following cutting of primary forest. Because population density is very low there is little pressure to cut secondary forests. Therefore, long fallows are possible, during which nutrient stocks appear to be replenished to the level of the predisturbance forest (case study No. 2).
Except where otherwise cited, descriptions, data, and findings in this chapter are from: Scott, G.A. 1979. Grassland Development in the Gran Pajonal of Eastern peru. Ph.D. dissertation, Department of Geography, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.
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Scott, G.A.J. (1987). Shifting Cultivation Where Land is Limited. In: Jordan, C.F. (eds) Amazonian Rain Forests. Ecological Studies, vol 60. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-4658-9_4
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