Farmers' practices, metapopulation dynamics, and conservation of agricultural biodiversity on-farm: A case study of sorghum among the Duupa in sub-sahelian Cameroon

Biological Conservation

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 533-543

  Alvarez, Nadir ^a   Garine, Eric ^b   Khasah, Celestin ^c   Dounias, Edmond ^d   Hossaert Mckey, Martine ^a   McKey, Doyle ^a  

^a CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS OUEST NANTERRE LA DÉFENSE   (France)

^c Poli ^*  (Brazil)

^d CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Duupa; Evolutionary forces; Farmers' practices; Population biology; Sorghum

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION GENETICS; GENETIC VARIATION; SORGHUM;

AFRICA; CAMEROON; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 4444268920     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2004.05.021     Document Type: Article

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