Evidence for indigenous selection and distribution of the shea tree, Vitellaria paradoxa and its potential significance to prevailing parkland savanna tree patterns in sub-Saharan Africa north of the equator

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1505-1516

  Maranz, S ^a   Wiesman, Z ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Butyrospermum; Dispersal; Domestication centre; Karit ; Migration; Traditional agroforestry

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; DISPERSAL; DOMESTICATION; PHYTOGEOGRAPHY; SAVANNA; TRADITIONAL AGRICULTURE; TREE;

AFRICA; BURKINA FASO;

BUTYROSPERMUM; VITELLARIA; VITELLARIA PARADOXA;

EID: 0141890960     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2699.2003.00892.x     Document Type: Article

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