Ethnobotany and the future of conservation

Biologist

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 65-68

  Prance, Ghillean T ^a  

^a ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN INDIAN; BRAZIL; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ETHNOBOTANY; PERU; PLANT; REVIEW;

BRAZIL; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOLOGY; ETHNOBOTANY; INDIANS, SOUTH AMERICAN; PERU; PLANTS, EDIBLE;

EID: 0006688648     PISSN: 00063347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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