Uses, management, and population status of the baobab in eastern Burkina Faso

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 263-278

  Schumann, Katharina ^a   Wittig, Rüdiger ^a,b   Thiombiano, Adjima ^c   Becker, Ute ^d   Hahn, Karen ^a,b  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b BIODIVERSITY AND CLIMATE RESEARCH CENTRE BIK F   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE OUAGADOUGOU   (Burkina Faso)

^d JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adansonia digitata; Gulimanceba; Non timber forest products; Quantitative ethnobotany; Traditional knowledge

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; DICOTYLEDON; ETHNOBOTANY; FRUIT; INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE; LAND USE CHANGE; NONTIMBER FOREST PRODUCT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEMIARID REGION; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

BURKINA FASO;

ADANSONIA; ADANSONIA DIGITATA;

EID: 84862315526     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: 15729680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10457-012-9499-3     Document Type: Article

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