Use of mopane woodland resources and associated woodland management challenges in rural areas of South Africa

Ethnobotany Research and Applications

Volumn 10, Issue , 2012, Pages 369-379

  Makhado, Rudzani A ^a   Potgieter, Martin J ^b   Wessels, Dirk C J ^b   Saidi, Amani T ^c   Masehela, Kgabo K ^a  

^a Research and Evaluation Section Limpopo Legislature   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMPOPO   (South Africa)

^c SOUTH AFRICAN ENVIRONMENTAL OBSERVATION NETWORK   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLOPHOSPERMUM MOPANE;

EID: 84875446468     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15473465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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