Volume 16 No. 3 1994

Josef Margraf and Paciencia P. Milan ABSTRACT The rice terraces in the mountains of Northern Luzon are an ecologically balanced agricultural system developed by the Ifugao cultural communities. It is closely connected to swiddens and forests, and intensively interrelated to the social life of the Ifugaos. Very soon, this ecosystem will be changed by modern …

Changing the traditional land use system of the world renowned Ifugao rice terraces Read More »

Fe J. Dagoy and Luz Sandra E. Racho ABSTRACT Generally, the household income of the respondents was relatively low. The household income came from rice production, salaries and wages which included earnings from live-in sons and daughters, those given by relatives and neighbors which included cash or in kind (poultry, livestock, vegetables, etc). The average …

Income and expenditure patterns of vegetable cooperators Read More »

Renate Klee and Werner Koch ABSTRACT To characterize the flora associated with sweetpotato on Leyte island, Philippines, investigations were done in 14 sweetpotato fields and 9 fallows bordering the studied fields. The fallows were chosen to find out whether the bordering vegetation influenced the flora in sweetpotato fields. The studied sweetpotato fields and fallows were …

Flora associated with sweetpotato on Leyte island, Philippines Read More »

Edilberto E. Nasayao, Loida Z. Nasayao, Marulen A. Zara and Edilberto V. Ulep ABSTRACT This study was conducted through site surveys and interviews. Melia dubia Cav. belongs to family Meliaceae and is found out to be indigenously growing in Eastern Visayas, Philippines. Commonly named “bagalunga”, M. dubia grows in sites within 10°00′ to 11°30′ north …

Bagalunga (Melia dubia Cav.): An indigenous fast-growing multipurpose tree species in Eastern Visayas, Philippines Read More »

Wolfgang Denzer ABSTRACT This paper deals with the spatial organization within an assemblage of seven sympatric skinks from Borneo. The spatial segregation in different habitats as well as possible responses to potential competition of syntopic species is reported. Results from earlier reports are briefly discussed. Keywords: Reptilia, Scincidae, spatial organization, Sarawak, Borneo Annals of Tropical …

Spatial organization of scincid lizards in Santubong Penin-sula, Sarawak, Borneo Read More »