ESTIMATING USE-VALUES AND RELATIVE IMPORTANCE OF TREES TO THE KAGURU PEOPLE IN SEMI-ARID TANZANIA

Forests Trees and Livelihoods

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 25-40

  Krog, M ^a   Theilade, I ^a   Hansen, H H ^a   Ruffo, C K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b National Tree Seed Centre   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Eastern Africa; Firewood; Fodder trees; Fruit trees; Indigenous species; Local knowledge; Quantitative ethnobotany

Indexed keywords

ETHNOBOTANY;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA; WORLD;

ACACIA; ACACIA TORTILIS; ANIMALIA; AZADIRACHTA INDICA; AZADIRACHTA JUSS; CARICA PAPAYA; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS TERETICORNIS; LANNEA;

EID: 17344372056     PISSN: 14728028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14728028.2005.9752505     Document Type: Article

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