Impacts of land use, anthropogenic disturbance, and harvesting on an African medicinal liana

Biological Conservation

Volumn 141, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2218-2229

  McGeoch, Lauren ^a   Gordon, Ian ^b   Schmitt, Johanna ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY ICIPE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

East Africa; Extractive use; Mondia whytei; Overexploitation; Plant conservation; Tropical rainforest

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CONSERVATION STATUS; EXPLOITATION; HABITAT LOSS; HARVESTING; LAND USE; MEDICINAL PLANT; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; TROPICAL FOREST; VINE;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KAKAMEGA FOREST; KENYA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WESTERN PROVINCE [KENYA];

APOCYNACEAE; MONDIA; MONDIA WHITEI;

EID: 51249111271     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2008.06.021     Document Type: Article

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