Sustainable use of non-timber forest products: Impact of fruit harvesting on Pentadesma butyracea regeneration and financial analysis of its products trade in Benin

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 257, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1930-1938

  Avocèvou Ayisso, Carolle ^a   Sinsin, Brice ^a   Adégbidi, Anselme ^a   Dossou, Gatien ^a   Van Damme, Patrick ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABOMEY CALAVI   (Benin)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Marketing margin analysis; Natural regeneration density; Net present value; Pentadesma butyracea; Size class; Value chain

Indexed keywords

FAULT DETECTION; HARVESTING; LOGGING (FORESTRY); MARKETING; TIMBER;

NATURAL REGENERATION DENSITY; NET PRESENT VALUE; PENTADESMA BUTYRACEA; SIZE CLASS; VALUE CHAIN;

FRUITS;

DECIDUOUS TREE; FRUIT; HARVESTING; MARKETING; NONTIMBER FOREST PRODUCT; REGENERATION; RESOURCE USE; RIPARIAN FOREST; SUSTAINABILITY;

FOREST PRODUCTS; FORESTS; FRUITS; HARVESTING; LOGGING; MARKETING; REFORESTATION; SEEDLINGS; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

AFRICA; BENIN [WEST AFRICA]; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

CLUSIACEAE; PENTADESMA BUTYRACEA; PRUNUS DULCIS;

EID: 63049105590     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2009.01.043     Document Type: Article

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