Estimating the potential role of commercial over-harvesting in resource viability: A case study of five useful tree species in South Africa

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 273-286

  Shackleton, C M ^a   Guthrie, G ^a   Main, R ^a  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Harvesting impact; NTFPs; Permutation index; Quotient index; Simpson's index; Size class profile; South Africa

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECOLOGY; HARVESTING;

COMMERCIALIZATION; ECOLOGICAL IMPACTS; NON-TIMBER FOREST PRODUCTS (NTFPS);

FORESTRY;

FORESTRY; HARVESTING; SUSTAINABILITY;

BIODIVERSITY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECOLOGY; HARVESTING; SOUTH AFRICA; STEMS; TREES;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

ARIDA;

EID: 21044449105     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.652     Document Type: Article

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