Toward sustainable use of palm leaves by a rural community in Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa

Economic Botany

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 65-72

  McKean, Steven G ^a  

^a EZEMVELO KZN WILDLIFE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Harvest; Hyphaene coriacea; Management; Protected areas; South Africa

Indexed keywords

HYPHAENE; HYPHAENE CORIACEA; LUCIA; MILETINAE;

EID: 0037626917     PISSN: 00130001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1663/0013-0001(2003)057[0065:TSUOPL]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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