Limitations to sustainable frankincense production: Blocked regeneration, high adult mortality and declining populations

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 164-173

  Groenendijk, Peter ^a,b   Eshete, Abeje ^a,c   Sterck, Frank J ^a   Zuidema, Pieter A ^a,b   Bongers, Frans ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c ETHIOPIAN INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Boswellia papyrifera; Ethiopia; Frankincense; Matrix model; Non timber forest products; Regeneration bottleneck; Resin; Restoration; Sustainable use; Tapping

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTITUDE; BEETLE; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAMETER; ESSENTIAL OIL; EXPLOITATION; FECUNDITY; GROWTH RATE; MORTALITY; NONTIMBER FOREST PRODUCT; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION MODELING; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REFORESTATION; REGENERATION; RESIN; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SAPLING; SHRUB; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ETHIOPIA;

BOSWELLIA; BOSWELLIA PAPYRIFERA; BOSWELLIA SACRA; BURSERACEAE; COLEOPTERA;

EID: 84855982093     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2011.02078.x     Document Type: Article

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