Baobab (Adansonia digitata L.) fruit production in communal and conservation land-use types in Southern Africa

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 261, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 630-639

  Venter, Sarah M ^a   Witkowski, Ed T F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Annual variation; Fruit predation; Life stage; Non timber forest product; Tree size

Indexed keywords

ADULT TREES; ANNUAL VARIATION; CONSERVATION LANDS; CROWN VOLUME; ECONOMIC PLANNING; FRUIT LOSS; FRUIT PRODUCTION; FRUIT PULPS; FRUIT YIELD; INTERANNUAL VARIATION; LIFE STAGES; NATURE RESERVES; NON-TIMBER FOREST PRODUCTS; PRODUCTION DATA; ROCKY OUTCROPS; RURAL PEOPLE; SEED OIL; SUSTAINABLE HARVESTING; TREE DENSITY; TREE SIZE;

FORESTRY; HARVESTING; LAND USE; OILS AND FATS; PLANNING; POPULATION STATISTICS; TIMBER;

FRUITS;

DECIDUOUS TREE; ECONOMIC IMPACT; FRUIT PRODUCTION; HARVESTING; LAND USE; SILVICULTURE; VEGETABLE OIL; YIELD RESPONSE;

EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA;

ADANSONIA; ADANSONIA DIGITATA; PAPIO;

EID: 78651247066     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2010.11.017     Document Type: Article

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