Ethnobotany and conservation of plant resources of Kainji Lake National Park, Nigeria

Ethnobotany Research and Applications

Volumn 8, Issue , 2010, Pages 181-194

  Amusa, T O ^a   Jimoh, S O ^b   Aridanzi, P ^a   Haruna, M ^a  

^a Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

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EID: 77955464023     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15473465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17348/era.8.0.181-194     Document Type: Article

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