Integration of indigenous wild woody perennial edible fruit bearing species in the agricultural landscapes of Amhara region, Ethiopia

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 79-95

  Fentahun, Mengistu ^a   Hager, Herbert ^b  

^a Amhara Agricultural Reseach Institute   (Ethiopia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Domestication; Land use type; Non fruit utility; Species evenness; Species richness; Use diversity

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; DOMESTICATION; EDIBLE SPECIES; FRUIT; FRUIT PRODUCTION; INTERCROPPING; LAND USE; NATIVE SPECIES; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

AFRICA; AMHARA; EAST AFRICA; ETHIOPIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 71949090929     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: 15729680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10457-009-9239-5     Document Type: Article

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