Edge-related variation in medicinal and other "useful" wild plants of bwindi impenetrable national park, Uganda

Conservation Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1138-1145

  Olupot, William ^a,b   Barigyira, Robert ^a   McNeilage, Alastair J ^a,b  

^a Institute of Tropical Forest Conservation   (Uganda)

^b WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Edge effects; Forest disturbance; Harvest impact; Medicinal plants; Nontimber forest products; NTFP; Tropical forests; Wild plants

Indexed keywords

EDGE EFFECT; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HARVESTING; MEDICINAL PLANT; NATIONAL PARK; NONTIMBER FOREST PRODUCT; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; TROPICAL FOREST; WILD POPULATION;

ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; MEDICINAL PLANT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UGANDA;

ECOSYSTEM; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; UGANDA;

AFRICA; BWINDI IMPENETRABLE NATIONAL PARK; EAST AFRICA; SOUTHERN PROVINCE [UGANDA]; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UGANDA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 70349216556     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2009.01217.x     Document Type: Article

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