Multiple use patterns of medicinal trees in an urban forest in Nairobi, Kenya

Urban Forestry and Urban Greening

Volumn 18, Issue , 2016, Pages 34-40

  Furukawa, Takuya ^a   Kiboi, Samuel K ^b   Mutiso, Patrick B Chalo ^b   Fujiwara, Kazue ^c  

^a FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^c YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Debarking; Fuelwood cutting; Informal harvest; Medicinal plants; Multiple uses; Patrolling

Indexed keywords

ELAEODENDRON BUCHANANII; WARBURGIA UGANDENSIS;

EID: 84971331435     PISSN: 16188667     EISSN: 16108167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ufug.2016.05.003     Document Type: Article

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