Valuation of local preferred uses and traditional ecological knowledge in relation to three multipurpose tree species in Benin (West Africa)

Forest Policy and Economics

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 554-562

  Houehanou, Thierry D ^a   Assogbadjo, Achille E ^a   Kakaï, Romain Glele ^a   Houinato, Marcel ^a   Sinsin, Brice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABOMEY CALAVI   (Benin)

Author keywords

Afzelia africana; Conservation; Khaya senegalensis; Pterocarpus erinaceus; Quantitative ethnobotany; Traditional knowledge

Indexed keywords

AFZELIA AFRICANA; ETHNOBOTANY; KHAYA SENEGALENSIS; PTEROCARPUS ERINACEUS; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

CONSERVATION; FORESTRY; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; PLANT EXTRACTS;

ECOLOGY;

BOTANY; CONSERVATION; ECOLOGY; EXTRACTIVES; FORESTRY; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; NIGERIA; PLANTS; PTEROCARPUS ERINACEUS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

AFZELIA AFRICANA; ANIMALIA; ERINACEIDAE; KHAYA SENEGALENSIS; PTEROCARPUS; PTEROCARPUS ERINACEUS;

EID: 84860402038     PISSN: 13899341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2011.05.013     Document Type: Article

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