Sustainable utilization of woodrose-producing mistletoes (Loranthaceae) in South Africa

Economic Botany

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 439-447

  Dzerefos, C M ^a,b   Shackleton, C M ^b   Witkowski, E T F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b Wits Rural Facility   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Harvesting; Income; Mistletoe; Resource economics; Sustainability; Woodrose

Indexed keywords

ERIANTHEMUM DREGEI; LORANTHACEAE; MERREMIA; MILETINAE; PEDISTYLIS; PEDISTYLIS GALPINII; VISCUM ALBUM;

EID: 0033391981     PISSN: 00130001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02866724     Document Type: Article

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