Indigenous fruit trees in homegardens of the Nuba Mountains, Central Sudan: Tree diversity and potential for improving the nutrition and income of rural communities

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 911, Issue , 2011, Pages 355-364

  Goenster, S ^a   Wiehle, M ^a   Kehlenbeck, K ^b   Jamnadass, R ^b   Gebauer, J ^a   Buerkert, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

^b WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Domestication; Evenness; Food Security; Jubraka; Shannon index

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84855712812     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2011.911.41     Document Type: Conference Paper

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