The impact on orchid species abundance of gathering their edible tubers by HIV/AIDS orphans: A case of three villages in the Southern Highlands of Tanzania

NJAS - Wageningen Journal of Life Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 261-279

  Challe, J F X ^a,b   Struik, Paul C ^b  

^a Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security   (Tanzania)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chikanda; Edible orchids; Gathering pressure; Orchidaceae; Species diversity; Survival strategies

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ANGIOSPERM; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; EDIBLE SPECIES; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; ORPHAN; RURAL AREA; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SURVIVAL; TRIANGULATION; WILD POPULATION;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

ORCHIDACEAE; TUBER (TRUFFLE);

EID: 63349091450     PISSN: 15735214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1573-5214(08)80011-5     Document Type: Article

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