Evidence for indigenous selection and distribution of the shea tree, Vitellaria paradoxa, and its potential significance to prevailing parkland savanna tree patterns in sub-Saharan Africa north of the equator

Maranz, S. and Wiesman, Z. (2003) Evidence for indigenous selection and distribution of the shea tree, Vitellaria paradoxa, and its potential significance to prevailing parkland savanna tree patterns in sub-Saharan Africa north of the equator. Journal of Biogeography, 30 (10). pp. 1505-1516.

[img] PDF
Restricted to ICRISAT researchers only

Abstract

Aim Woody vegetation patterns in African savannas north of the equator are closely connected to human presence, but the distinctions between natural and anthropogenic landscapes have not been clear to many observers. Criteria for identifying savanna landscapes on a continuum of intensity of anthropic impact are explored

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Butyrospermum; dispersal; domestication centre; karité; migration;traditional agroforestry
Author Affiliation: Institute for Agriculture and Applied Biology, Ben Gurion University, Be'er Sheva, Israel
Subjects: Crop Improvement
Divisions: Other Crops
Depositing User: Ms K Syamalamba
Date Deposited: 28 Dec 2011 06:06
Last Modified: 28 Dec 2011 06:06
Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2699.2003.00892.x
URI: http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in/id/eprint/2867

Actions (login required)

View Item View Item
EPrints Logo
eprints is powered by EPrints 3 which is developed by the School of Electronics and Computer Science at the University of Southampton. More information and software credits.