Response of a tropical tree to non-timber forest products harvest and reduction in habitat size.
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SUBMITTER: Gaoue OG
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5574575 | biostudies-literature | 2017
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Response of a tropical tree to non-timber forest products harvest and reduction in habitat size.
Gaoue Orou G OG Kouagou M'Mouyohoun M Natta Armand K AK Gado Choukouratou C
PloS one 20170829 8
Non-timber forest products (NTFPs) are widely harvested by local people for their livelihood. Harvest often takes place in human disturbed ecosystems. However, our understanding of NTFPs harvesting impacts in fragmented habitats is limited. We assessed the impacts of fruit harvest, and reduction in habitat size on the population structures of Pentadesma butyracea Sabine (Clusiaceae) across two contrasting ecological regions (dry vs. moist) in Benin. In each region, we selected three populations ...[more]
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