Informants based ethnobotany and utility evaluation of five combretaceae species: Differentiation by ethnicity and geographical location

Forests Trees and Livelihoods

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 265-281

  Bognounou, Fidele ^a,d   Savadogo, Patrice ^b,c   Thiombiano, Adjima ^a   Boussim, Issaka Joseph ^a   Oden, Per Christe ^b   Guinko, Sita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE OUAGADOUGOU   (Burkina Faso)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Key species; Local knowledge distribution; Quantitative ethnobotany; Sustainable use systems; Traditional knowledge; Use values; West Africa

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANGIOSPERM; CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL; DIFFERENTIATION; ETHNICITY; ETHNOBOTANY; FODDER; FUELWOOD; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

BURKINA FASO;

ANIMALIA; COMBRETACEAE;

EID: 84858066386     PISSN: 14728028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14728028.2011.9756713     Document Type: Article

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