Preliminary ethnobotanical survey of Kurupukari: An Amerindian settlement of central Guyana

Economic Botany

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 182-194

  Johnston, Mark ^a   Colquhoun, Araminta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

dual extraction; ethnobotany; Guyana; non timber forest products

Indexed keywords

EID: 0029956834     PISSN: 00130001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02861450     Document Type: Article

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