While wood uses exerts considerable pressure on plant resources, in some socio-ecological contexts, the extraction of non-timber forest products (NTFP) can also be harmful to plant populations [5, 6]. For example, the intensive harvesting of foliage and bark from tree species [6]. Nevertheless...
Brahea dulcis,“palma sombrero” or “soyate”, has been one of the most important NTFP in the arid and semi-arid zones of Mesoamerica since pre-Hispanic times. Virtually all parts of the plant have been heavily used as NTFP. In pre-Hispanic times, tribute was paid to the Aztec empire ...
Terrestrial forest ecosystems in Uttara Kannada District of Central Western Ghats have been experiencing threats due to deforestation with land use changes and fragmentation of contiguous forests, as is evident from the decline of interior forests and consequent increases in patch, transitional, edge and...
Brahea dulcis,“palma sombrero” or “soyate”, has been one of the most important NTFP in the arid and semi-arid zones of Mesoamerica since pre-Hispanic times. Virtually all parts of the plant have been heavily used as NTFP. In pre-Hispanic times, tribute was paid to the Aztec empire ...