History and conservation of wild and cultivated plant diversity in Uganda: Forest species and banana varieties as case studies
The history of wild and cultivated plant diversity in Uganda is reviewed, taking forest species and bananas as examples. Palynological research into past human influences on forests is reassessed. The evidence suggests that crops were first introduced into the country at about 1000 BCE, farming comm...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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KeAi Communications Co., Ltd.
2016-02-01
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Series: | Plant Diversity |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468265916300087 |