Subsistence use of wood products and shifting cultivation within a miombo woodland of eastern Tanzania, with some notes on commercial uses

South African Journal of Botany

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 72-85

  Luoga, E J ^a   Witkowski, E T F ^a   Balkwill, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Building poles; Firewood; Human use; Miombo woodlands; Sustainable use

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY; SHIFTING CULTIVATION; WOOD; WOODLAND;

TANZANIA;

EID: 0034044087     PISSN: 02546299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0254-6299(15)31053-X     Document Type: Article

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