Eliciting Local Values of Wild Edible Plants in Southern Bénin to Identify Priority Species for Conservation;Estimation de la Valeur des Plantes de Cueillette Comestibles au Sud du Bénin et Définition des Espèces Prioritaires pour la Conservation

Economic Botany

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 381-395

  N'Danikou, Sognigbe ^a,b   Achigan Dako, Enoch G ^b,c   Wong, Jennifer L G ^d  

^a National Institute of Agricultural Research of Benin (INRAB)   (Benin)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABOMEY CALAVI   (Benin)

^c Plant Resources of Tropical Africa   (Kenya)

^d Wild Resources Limited   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

B nin; conservation; indigenous knowledge; selection criteria; wild edible plants

Indexed keywords

LAUNAEA; PARKIA BIGLOBOSA; PROSOPIS; PROSOPIS AFRICANA; VITELLARIA PARADOXA; VITEX; VITEX DONIANA;

EID: 83355177968     PISSN: 00130001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12231-011-9178-8     Document Type: Article

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