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Structure of cocoa agroforest of Southern Cameroon

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2007Author
Sonwa, D.J.
Weise, S.F.
Nkongmeneck, B.A.
Tchatat, M.
Janssens, M.J.J.
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This study determined the structure of cocoa plantations along a continuous gradient of market access, population density and resource use intensity in the humid forest zone of southern Cameroon. The study area comprises the sub-regions of Yaoundé, Mbalmayo, and Ebolowa. Market access, population density and resource use intensity all decreased from the first to the third sub-region. For cocoa and associated plants, we determined (i) the density; (ii) the basal area across strata; (iii) the total structure of associated plants; and (iv) the typology of agroforest based on cocoa and other trees (including Musa species and oil palms).
Cocoa agroforests of southern Cameroon present a variation of structures that offer several management options for biodiversity conservation and fulfilment of other socio-economic and ecological services.
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https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12478/2745Non-IITA Authors ORCID
Denis Sonwahttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-6427-3428