International Journal of
Biodiversity and Conservation

  • Abbreviation: Int. J. Biodivers. Conserv.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 2141-243X
  • DOI: 10.5897/IJBC
  • Start Year: 2009
  • Published Articles: 679

Full Length Research Paper

Availability and size class distribution of the most popular Indigenous fruits trees and implications for sustainable harvest around the Ivindo National Park, Gabon

Christian MIKOLO YOBO
  • Christian MIKOLO YOBO
  • Department of Bioengineering Science, Division of International Cooperation in Agricultural Science Laboratory of Project Development; Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, 464-8601, Japan. Institute des Recherches en Ecologie Tropicale (IRET), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique et Technologique (CENAREST), BP: 13 354 ? Libreville, Gabon.
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Kasumi ITO
  • Kasumi ITO
  • Department of Bioengineering Science, Division of International Cooperation in Agricultural Science Laboratory of Project Development; Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, 464-8601, Japan.
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  •  Received: 18 July 2014
  •  Accepted: 17 October 2014
  •  Published: 20 November 2014

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