Impact of Women's Harvest Practices on Pandanus guillaumetii in Madagascar's Lowland Rainforests1

Economic Botany

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 158-168

  Fedele, Giacomo ^a   Lea Urech, Zora ^a   Rehnus, Maik ^a   Sorg, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

harvest impact; harvest practices; leaf harvest; Madagascar; non timber forest product; Pandanus

Indexed keywords

PANDANUS;

EID: 79958110308     PISSN: 00130001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12231-011-9157-0     Document Type: Article

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