The impact of commercial harvesting on Warburgia salutaris ('pepper-bark tree') in Mpumalanga, South Africa

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1675-1698

  Botha, J ^a   Witkowski, E T F ^a   Shackleton, C M ^b  

^a Plant Environ Sci Univ W   (South Africa)

^b RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bark damage; Medicinal plants; Red Data species; Resource management; Resprouting coppicing

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIALIZATION; HARVESTING; PLANT; PROTECTED AREA; SPECIES CONSERVATION; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

AFRICA; LIMPOPO; MPUMALANGA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

CANELLACEAE; WARBURGIA SALUTARIS;

EID: 2442417756     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:BIOC.0000029333.72945.b0     Document Type: Article

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