Degradation of useful plants in Oku tropical montane cloud forest, Cameroon

International Journal of Biodiversity Science and Management

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 73-86

  Neba, Ndenecho Emmanuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Degradation; Ethnobotany; Indigenous knowledge; Mountain livelihoods; Sustainable management; Tropical montane cloud forest; Useful plants

Indexed keywords

ETHNOBOTANY; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE; MONTANE FOREST; NATIVE SPECIES; SURVIVAL; TROPICAL REGION;

AFRICA; CAMEROON; NORD-OUEST PROVINCE; OKU; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 33750008442     PISSN: 17451590     EISSN: 17451604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17451590609618100     Document Type: Article

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