Prosopis juliflora invasion and rural livelihoods in the Lake Baringo Area of Kenya

Conservation and Society

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 130-140

  Mwangi, Esther ^a,b   Swallow, Brent ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Alien invasive species; Distributional effects; Kenya; Lake Baringo; Lake Bogoria; Livelihood effects; Mesquite; Prosopis julifora

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954483569     PISSN: 09724923     EISSN: 09753133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0972-4923.49207     Document Type: Article

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