Domestication: An indigenous method in conserving plant diversity on farmlands in west Usambara Mountains, Tanzania

African Journal of Ecology

Volumn 46, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages 74-78

  Msuya, Tuli S ^a   Mndolwa, Mathew A ^a   Kapinga, Consolatha ^a  

^a Tanzania Forestry Research Institute   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Conservation; Domestication; Farmlands; Plant diversity; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; DOMESTICATION; PLANT; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUSTAINABILITY;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANGA [TANZANIA]; TANZANIA; USAMBARA MOUNTAINS;

EID: 41949116234     PISSN: 01416707     EISSN: 13652028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2028.2008.00932.x     Document Type: Article

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