The use of underground plant organs and its relation to habitat selection among the pume Indians of Venezuela

Economic Botany

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 377-384

  Gragson, Ted L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dryland habitats; Pume; Underground organs; Venezuelan Llanos

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031464223     PISSN: 00130001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02861048     Document Type: Article

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