Prioritizing West African medicinal plants for conservation and sustainable extraction studies based on market surveys and species distribution models

Biological Conservation

Volumn 181, Issue , 2015, Pages 173-181

  van Andel, T R ^a   Croft, S ^b   van Loon, E E ^b   Quiroz, D ^a,c   Towns, A M ^a   Raes, N ^a  

^a NATURALIS BIODIVERSITY CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Commercial extraction; Ecosystem services; Herbal medicine; Non timber forest products; Trade

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; HERB; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONTIMBER FOREST PRODUCT; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION SIZE; PRIORITIZATION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TRADE; VULNERABILITY; WILD POPULATION;

BENIN [WEST AFRICA]; GHANA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 84913573151     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2014.11.015     Document Type: Article

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