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Titre :	Prioritizing West African medicinal plants for conservation and sustainable extraction studies based on market surveys and species distribution models
Auteurs :	T. R. van Andel, Auteur ; S. Croft, Auteur ; E. E. van Loon, Auteur ; D. Quiroz, Auteur ; A. M. Towns, Auteur ; N. Raes, Auteur
Type de document :	Article
Dans :	Biological Conservation (181 JAN 2015)
Article en page(s) :	173-181
Langues:	Anglais
Résumé :	Sub-Saharan African human populations rely heavily on wild-harvested medicinal plants for their health. The trade in herbal medicine provides an income for many West African people, but little is known about the effects of commercial extraction on wild plant populations. Detailed distribution maps are lacking for even the most commonly traded species. Here we combine quantitative market surveys in Ghana and Benin with species distribution models (SDMs) to assess potential species' vulnerability to overharvesting and to prioritize areas for sustainable extraction studies. We provide the first detailed distribution maps for

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