The unmanaged reproductive ecology of domesticated plants in traditional agroecosystems: An example involving cassava and a call for data

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 223-230

  Elias, Marianne ^a   McKey, Doyle ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Agroecology; Cassava; Conservation of genetic resources; Manihot esculenta; Myrmecochory; Soil seed bank; Traditional agriculture

Indexed keywords

CASSAVA; DOMESTIC SPECIES; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; TRADITIONAL AGRICULTURE; VEGETATIVE PROPAGATION;

AMAZONIA; GUYANA; SOUTH AMERICA;

FORMICIDAE; MANIHOT ESCULENTA;

EID: 0033808368     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1146-609X(00)00053-9     Document Type: Article

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