Local use and cultural and economic value of products from trees in the parklands of the municipality of Cinzana, Mali

Economic Botany

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 578-587

  Gustad, Gunnar ^a,b   Dhillion, Shivcharn S ^a,b   Sidibé, Daouda ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c Inst de Rech pour la Devmt   (Mali)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Drought; Fallows; Livelihood survival; Mali; Non timber forest products; NTFP; Savanna; Useful plants; West africa

Indexed keywords

EID: 14344266625     PISSN: 00130001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1663/0013-0001(2004)058[0578:LUACAE]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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