Variation in plant biodiversity across sacred groves and fallows in Western Highlands of Cameroon

African Journal of Ecology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 10-19

  Tankou, Christopher M ^a   de Snoo, Geert R ^b   de Iongh, Hans H ^b   Persoon, Gerard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DSCHANG   (Cameroon)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Abiotic factors; Biodiversity; Rotational fallows; Sacred groves; Western Highlands of Cameroon

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893867334     PISSN: 01416707     EISSN: 13652028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aje.12079     Document Type: Article

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