Evidence in support of the role of disturbance vegetation for women's health and childcare in Western Africa

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Towns, Alexandra M ^a   Ruysschaert, Sofie ^b   van Vliet, Esther ^c   van Andel, Tinde ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

B nin; Conservation; Disturbance vegetation; Emic practices; Gabon; Medicinal plants; Non timber forest products; Resilience; Socio ecological systems; Sustainable extraction

Indexed keywords

BAILLONELLA TOXISPERMA; KHAYA SENEGALENSIS; MONODORA MYRISTICA; MYRISTICA; XYLOPIA; XYLOPIA AETHIOPICA;

AFRICA; CHILD; CHILD CARE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MEDICINAL PLANT; TREE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

AFRICA, WESTERN; CHILD; CHILD CARE; COMMERCE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FEMALE; HUMANS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; TREES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84900852846     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17464269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-4269-10-42     Document Type: Article

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