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: 678

Full Length Research Paper

Ethnobotanical study of the coconut palm in the Coastal Zone of Benin

Ulysse Ayihaou DAA-KPODE
  • Ulysse Ayihaou DAA-KPODE
  • Laboratoire de Microbiologie et de Technologie Alimentaire (LAMITA), Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université d'Abomey-Calavi, BP 526, Cotonou, Bénin.
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Gustave DJEDATIN
  • Gustave DJEDATIN
  • Laboratoire de Biologie moléculaire et de Bioinformatique Appliquée à la génomique, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques de Dassa Zoumè, Université Nationale des Sciences, Technologies, Ingénieries et Mathématiques (UNSTIM), Bénin.
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Edmond SACLA AIDE
  • Edmond SACLA AIDE
  • Laboratoire de Biomathématiques et d'Estimations Forestières (LABEF), Faculté des Sciences Agronomiques, Université d'Abomey-Calavi, 04 BP 1525, Cotonou, Bénin.
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Kolawolé Valère SALAKO
  • Kolawolé Valère SALAKO
  • Equipe Biodiversité et Ecologie des Plantes (BDEP), Université d'Abomey-Calavi, BP 526, Cotonou, Bénin.
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Farid BABA-MOUSSA
  • Farid BABA-MOUSSA
  • Laboratoire de Microbiologie et de Technologie Alimentaire (LAMITA), Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université d'Abomey-Calavi, BP 526, Cotonou, Bénin.
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Kifouli ADEOTI
  • Kifouli ADEOTI
  • Laboratoire de Microbiologie et de Technologie Alimentaire (LAMITA), Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université d'Abomey-Calavi, BP 526, Cotonou, Bénin.
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  •  Received: 19 June 2021
  •  Published: 31 July 2021

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