Factors influencing prices of medicinal plants traded in the Lowveld, South Africa

International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 450-469

  Botha, Jenny ^a   Witkowski, Ed T F ^a   Shackleton, Charlie M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Commercialisation of wildlife products; Informal economy; Scarcity; Wildlife trade

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; MEDICINAL PLANT; PERCEPTION; PRICE DETERMINATION; RESEARCH WORK; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 35548964243     PISSN: 13504509     EISSN: 17452627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504500709469745     Document Type: Article

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