Informant-based valuation of use and conservation preferences of savanna trees in Burkina Faso

Economic Botany

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 203-217

  Kristensen, Metus ^a   Lykke, Anne Metre ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Africa; Burkina Faso; Gourounsi; Key species; Knowledge distribution; Logit models; Quantitative ethnobotany

Indexed keywords

ADANSONIA DIGITATA; BOMBAX; BOMBAX COSTATUM; DETARIUM; DETARIUM MICROCARPUM; PARKIA BIGLOBOSA; STRYCHNOS SPINOSA; TAMARINDUS INDICA; VITELLARIA PARADOXA; VITEX; VITEX DONIANA;

EID: 0042522631     PISSN: 00130001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1663/0013-0001(2003)057[0203:IVOUAC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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