Stocks and exploitation of East African blackwood Dalbergia melanoxylon: A flagship species for Tanzania's miombo woodlands?

ORYX

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 266-272

  Ball, Stephen M J ^a  

^a FAUNA AND FLORA INTERNATIONAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blackwood; Dalbergia melanoxylon; Flagship species; Miombo woodlands; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY POLICY; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; POPULATION ECOLOGY; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

DALBERGIA; DALBERGIA MELANOXYLON;

EID: 31344476029     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605304000493     Document Type: Article

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