Traditional knowledge and cultural importance of Borassus aethiopum Mart. in Benin: interacting effects of socio-demographic attributes and multi-scale abundance

Traditional knowledge and cultural importance of Borassus aethiopum Mart. in Benin: interacting effects of socio-demographic attributes and multi-scale abundance

Abstract Background Eliciting factors affecting distribution of traditional knowledge (TK) and cultural importance of plant resources is central in ethnobiology. Socio-demographic attributes and ecological apparency hypothesis (EAH) have been widely documented as drivers of TK distribution, but thei...

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Main Authors: Kolawolé Valère Salako, Francisco Moreira, Rodrigue Castro Gbedomon, Frédéric Tovissodé, Achille Ephrem Assogbadjo, Romain Lucas Glèlè Kakaï
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-05-01
Series:Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine
Subjects:
Ethnobotany
Knowledge distribution
Wild palm
Conservation
Borassus aethiopum Mart.
Benin
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13002-018-0233-8

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