Impact of land-use type and bark- and leaf-harvesting on population structure and fruit production of the baobab tree (Adansonia digitata L.) in a semi-arid savanna, West Africa

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 260, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2035-2044

  Schumann, Katharina ^a   Wittig, Rüdiger ^a   Thiombiano, Adjima ^b   Becker, Ute ^c   Hahn, Karen ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE OUAGADOUGOU   (Burkina Faso)

^c BIODIVERSITY AND CLIMATE RESEARCH CENTRE BIK F   (Germany)

Author keywords

Livelihood security; Multipurpose tree; Non timber forest product; Sustainable use; W National Park

Indexed keywords

LIVELIHOOD SECURITY; MULTIPURPOSE TREES; NATIONAL PARKS; NON-TIMBER FOREST PRODUCTS; SUSTAINABLE USE;

FORESTRY; FRUITS; HARVESTING; LAND USE; TIMBER;

PARKS;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; BARK; DICOTYLEDON; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FRUIT PRODUCTION; HARVESTING; HERB; LAND USE CHANGE; LONGEVITY; NONTIMBER FOREST PRODUCT; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRUNING; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SAVANNA; SEEDLING; SEMIARID REGION; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY; VILLAGE;

WEST AFRICA;

ADANSONIA; ADANSONIA DIGITATA;

EID: 77957888817     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2010.09.009     Document Type: Article

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