Wild coffee management and plant diversity in the montane rainforest of southwestern Ethiopia

African Journal of Ecology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 78-86

  Schmitt, Christine B ^a,b   Senbeta, Feyera ^b,c   Denich, Manfred ^b   Preisinger, Helmut ^d   Boehmer, Hans Juergen ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c Ethiopian Coffee Forest Forum (ECFF)   (Ethiopia)

^d Independent consultant   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^f TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Certification; Coffea arabica; Coffee yield; Conservation; Forest disturbance; Ordination

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CERTIFICATION; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; GROWTH RATE; MONTANE FOREST; RAINFOREST; SHRUB; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WILD POPULATION;

ETHIOPIA;

COFFEA ARABICA; PSYCHOTRIA; PSYCHOTRIA MARINIANA;

EID: 76649093915     PISSN: 01416707     EISSN: 13652028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2028.2009.01084.x     Document Type: Article

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